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Founder of Gagosian, the global network of galleries widely regarded as the most powerful dealer operation in postwar and contemporary art
Gagosian, New York and worldwide
He built the template for the modern global gallery and remains the dealer top collectors call for the most important works.
Founder of David Zwirner, one of the leading contemporary galleries with spaces in New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong
David Zwirner, New York and worldwide
He is known for patient, artist-first program building and for putting scholarship and long careers ahead of quick sales.
Co-founder and president of Hauser and Wirth, the international gallery he started in Zurich in 1992
Hauser and Wirth, Zurich, London, and worldwide
He champions living artists and major estates while building gallery spaces that function like public museums and cultural destinations.
Co-founder and co-owner of Hauser and Wirth, which she established in 1992 with Iwan Wirth and Ursula Hauser
Hauser and Wirth, Zurich and worldwide
She is central to Hauser and Wirth's people-first culture and its warm, place-based model of gallery, farm, and hospitality.
President and CEO of Pace Gallery, the modern and contemporary gallery founded by his father Arne Glimcher in 1960
Pace Gallery, New York and worldwide
He has pushed Pace into new markets and into art-and-technology programming while stewarding a roster spanning generations.
Founder of Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, with spaces in Salzburg, Paris, London, Milan, and Seoul
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg and worldwide
He is known for connecting European postwar masters with living artists and for careful, scholarly gallery programs.
Founder of Galerie Perrotin, the international gallery he started in Paris in 1990
Perrotin, Paris and worldwide
He built a global gallery from a teenage start and is known for backing playful, popular contemporary artists early.
Founder of Marianne Boesky Gallery, opened in SoHo in 1996 with locations now in Chelsea and Aspen
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen
She is credited with launching careers of artists such as Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara through long-term commitment.
Pioneering dealer who opened what is often cited as SoHo's first art gallery in 1968 and founded Paula Cooper Gallery
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
She helped define SoHo and has championed minimal and conceptual artists with rigor for more than five decades.
Somali-French gallerist and founder of Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, with spaces in Chicago, Paris, and Mexico City
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Chicago and worldwide
She has built a leading platform for artists of the African diaspora and expanded it across three continents.
Jamaican-born dealer who opened Nicola Vassell Gallery in Chelsea in 2021 after years at Deitch Projects and Pace
Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York
She is among the first prominent Black women to open a Chelsea gallery and widens the lens on art history through her program.
Director of 52 Walker and global head of curatorial projects at David Zwirner, known for a research-driven, Kunsthalle-style program
David Zwirner / 52 Walker, New York
She reimagined a commercial space as a slow, curatorial venue with full autonomy and an all-Black founding staff.
Swiss dealer and co-founder of Levy Gorvy Dayan, with a career spanning Christie's private sales and her own advisory
Levy Gorvy Dayan, New York and worldwide
She is known for a considered, relationship-first approach and the conviction that bigger is not always better.
Co-founder of Levy Gorvy Dayan and former worldwide chairman of postwar and contemporary art at Christie's from 2000 to 2016
Levy Gorvy Dayan, New York and worldwide
He brings auction-house dealmaking depth to a gallery model and is trusted with the market's most significant works.
Co-founder of Art Intelligence Global and former chairman of the fine art division at Sotheby's
Art Intelligence Global, New York and Hong Kong
She is regarded as one of the sharpest market minds, translating deep research into candid guidance for collectors.
Independent advisor and curator who co-founded Art Agency Partners and led the advisory group at Sotheby's
Schwartzman and, New York
A founding curator of the New Museum, he helps collectors build serious collections with a curator's eye rather than a salesman's.
Founder and chairman of The Fine Art Group and a former deputy chief executive at Christie's Europe
The Fine Art Group, London and worldwide
He bridges art and finance, advising family offices on collections and treating art with the rigor of an asset class.
Founder of Cromwell Art and past president of the Association of Professional Art Advisors, formerly a Sotheby's contemporary specialist
Cromwell Art, New York
She offers independent, unbiased guidance and has helped set professional standards for the art advisory field.
Founder of The Heller Group and a leading private art advisor known for guiding major collectors
The Heller Group, New York
He works discreetly at the top of the market, advising major collectors on landmark acquisitions over two decades.
Founder of Kim Heirston Art Advisory, an independent advisor building postwar and contemporary collections for over twenty-five years
Kim Heirston Art Advisory, New York
She has placed works by artists from Cindy Sherman to Warhol and was named among the Financial Times top international advisors.
Art advisor and publisher of The Baer Faxt, the art-market newsletter he launched in 1994, and a former gallerist
The Baer Faxt, New York
He gives collectors an experienced insider's honest read on the market through his long-running newsletter and advisory.
Founder of Patti Wong and Associates and former international chairman of Sotheby's, credited with building its Asia business
Patti Wong and Associates, Hong Kong
Hong Kong-born, she is a trusted guide for Asian collectors and helped grow Sotheby's Asia into a market on par with New York.
Christie's global president who also serves as global chairman of 20th and 21st century art, having overseen record sales
Christie's, New York
He created Christie's cross-category 20/21 model and is trusted on the phone for the market's highest-value lots.
Chairman of Sotheby's Europe and principal auctioneer, on the rostrum for landmark sales since joining in 1994
Sotheby's, London
He has taken the rostrum for defining sales from David Bowie to Freddie Mercury with a steady, trusted hand.
Senior director at Gagosian and former global chairman and head of global fine art at Sotheby's
Gagosian, New York
A scholar-turned-dealmaker, she led global fine art sales at Sotheby's before joining Gagosian's private sales team.
German-born auction leader who served as global chairwoman of Phillips from 2017 to 2025 after heading contemporary art at Sotheby's
Phillips (former), London
She guided Phillips to record contemporary results and is respected as one of the field's most influential women.
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