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Art Dealers

A painting rendered in dark colors of a family riding in the third class part of a train carriage with top-hatted heads behind them. The woman is nursing a baby.

An Insider’s Indictment of an Isolated Art World

The issue at hand, says New York dealer Georges Bergès, is not the public's taste nor the supply of talent but rather that the industry can no longer survive if it remains exclusionary toward the very people it claims to reflect.
By Georges Berges
Tom Wesselmann’s Nude Banner (1969), depicting a reclining pink female nude beneath a large blue star, with red flowers and a black tabletop behind her

Marian Goodman’s Multiples, Inc. Banners to Resurface at New York’s Independent 20th Century

The artist-designed, editioned wall hangings were part of Goodman's push to make contemporary art more accessible.
By Elisa Carollo
A man in a navy suit and glasses sits between two easels holding blue-green abstract paintings, with framed canvases stacked behind him in a bright interior.

Arthur de Villepin On Bridging Cultures with Villa Haw Par and a New Curatorial Project in Milan

The dealer is embracing a more fluid, artist-led model across geographies, eschewing expansion for its own sake.
By Elisa Carollo
A man in a black suit and white shirt stands between large textured glass panels inside a gallery space.

David Norr Says He Measures Artists’ Careers in Decades, Not Market Cycles

By Dan Duray
A wide white gallery wall displays three abstract paintings: a dark brown grid-like work, a peach triptych and a red-and-blue geometric composition.

NowHere Bets On the Japanese Artists New York’s Gallery System Overlooked

By Elisa Carollo
A man stands with his arms crossed in a white gallery space, surrounded by contemporary artworks including a large misty photograph, a circular red portrait work, a red-toned landscape and a dark abstract painting.

Sébastien Borget Is Expanding Digital Art’s Reach Without Softening Its Ambition

By Elisa Carollo
A man stands in front of a painting of a woman's face

London Art Dealers Take the City’s Temperature

By Elisa Carollo
An older man and a younger man in suits pose in an office lined with bookshelves, with catalogs and papers spread across the desk in front of them.

Edmondo and Michele di Robilant Chart a Course for Robilant with Old Masters and New Names

By Elisa Carollo
An installation view shows multiple framed paintings displayed across a spacious white gallery with exposed ceiling ducts.

Galerie Gmurzynska’s Old-School Slow Art Model Is Newly Radical

By Elisa Carollo
Small statue busts are displayed on neon yellow plinths in a gallery space with white walls and a dark floor

An Art-Lover’s Guide to Tunis’ Ground-Up Contemporary Scene

By Naima Morelli
A large Gerhard Richter artwork featuring thick red and orange abstract paint layers framing a photograph-like gallery scene with two older visitors walking through an exhibition space.

Gerhard Richter, Franz Kline and the Art Marian Goodman Never Let Go

By Dan Duray
A brick storefront with large floor-to-ceiling windows and black-framed double glass doors, revealing a softly lit, mostly empty gallery interior with faint reflections of passing cars on the street.

In Chelsea, 47 Canal and Max Levai Are Betting On Collaboration

By Elisa Carollo
Digital illustration showing a person interacting with a smartphone while a robot is visible next to a laptop, with speech bubbles, representing AI technology in an art gallery setting.

Art Galleries Are Quietly Embracing A.I. But Most Have No Guardrails in Place

By Elisa Carollo
A portrait of two men on a white architectural terrace, one seated in a black suit facing the camera and the other in a yellow blazer leaning forward beside a palm tree.

Consonni Radziszewski Launches With a Three-City Footprint

By Elisa Carollo
A large colorful abstract painting hangs above an ornate wooden chest in a bright living room with a sofa and decorative columns nearby.

Dealer Estates Will Once Again Headline New York’s May Marquee Auctions

By Elisa Carollo
A studio portrait shows a woman with long dark hair wearing a sleeveless denim top, sitting with her arms crossed and looking directly at the camera.

Meet the Collector: Yasmine Berrada Wants to Change the Way the World Sees Moroccan Art

By Naima Morelli
Three people stand spaced apart in a bright white gallery surrounded by large floral and grass-themed paintings.

In Dubai, Efie Gallery Is Rewriting the Map of Contemporary African Art

By Gameli Hamelo
Pearl Lam, a renowned Hong Kong gallerist, poses confidently in front of a vibrant, abstract artwork. She is dressed in a white tailored suit with bold accessories, exuding a strong and stylish presence as she engages with the art behind her.

Why Hong Kong’s Pearl Lam Will Never Stop Betting On Flexibility Over Scale

By Elisa Carollo
Garth Greenan.

Garth Greenan’s Long Game: How the Dealer Is Redefining Artist Representation for the Future

By Elisa Carollo
A man in a blue shirt sits in a chair next to a standing lamp

Timo Kappeller’s Superpower Is Merging Institutional Rigor With Commercial Momentum

By Dan Duray
Black-and-white portrait of two men standing arm in arm in front of a gallery window, one younger in a tailored suit and glasses, the other older in a dark jacket, both facing the camera with relaxed expressions.

Marc Straus and Graham Wilson On Joining Forces Across Generations

By Elisa Carollo
The gallerist standing in a minimalist interior beside geometric abstract artworks, a suspended mobile sculpture and small sculptural objects, with orchids and a modern leather sofa completing the carefully curated contemporary space.

How Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos Is Championing Latin American Art Through Legacy

By Elisa Carollo
New York Observer: Gallerist Nunu Hung stands inside Nunu Fine Art’s gallery space surrounded by contemporary paintings installed on white walls.

Nunu Hung’s Year of Ambition, Intellectual Depth and Unapologetic Openness

By Christa Terry
Portrait of a woman seated on a carved wooden sofa beneath a large, vividly colored painting depicting a reclining figure against a surreal landscape.

Sargent’s Daughters’ Allegra LaViola Is Playing the Long Game

By Elisa Carollo
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