Kurimanzutto

What Kurimanzutto does

Kurimanzutto is a privately held contemporary art gallery founded in 1999 by José Kuri and Mónica Manzutto, headquartered in Mexico City with a second gallery in Chelsea, New York. The gallery represents more than 45 international contemporary artists across Latin America, Europe, North America, and Asia — among them Gabriel Orozco, Damián Ortega, Oscar Murillo, Nairy Baghramian, Haegue Yang, Adrián Villar Rojas, and Carlos Amorales — providing exhibition programming, career management, and institutional placement services.

The gallery's core offering is curatorial and commercial: it hosts exhibitions across its two gallery spaces, places works with private collectors and museums, and maintains year-round participation in the leading international art fairs (Art Basel across multiple editions, Frieze New York and London, and Zona Maco in Mexico City). It extends its surface with sub-products including km libros (an artist-publication bookstore), the Voices of Kurimanzutto podcast under the Future Dialogues series, and a digital archive of its institutional history. No proprietary technology platform, software product, API, or AI/ML capability is offered; the business is fundamentally a relationship- and curatorial-services enterprise.

Kurimanzutto earns revenue primarily through commissions on primary-market sales of contemporary artwork to private collectors, museums, and cultural institutions, supplemented by ancillary income from book sales and institutional commissions (e.g., the permanent Gabriel Orozco garden commission at Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul). The customer base is split horizontally between museums and cultural institutions and high-net-worth private collectors, with its artist roster serving as the supply-side asset that determines revenue capacity. Pricing is private and negotiated; the firm operates without external funding, parent companies, or public listing.

Name

Kurimanzutto

Legal name

Kurimanzutto

Website

https://kurimanzutto.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kurimanzutto is a privately held contemporary art gallery, founded 1999, with spaces in Mexico City and New York. It represents over 45 international artists, places work with museums and private collectors, and exhibits at Art Basel, Frieze, and Zona Maco.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation
• Art exhibition curation
• Art sales brokerage
• Art fair participation

Headquarters

HQ city

Miguel Hidalgo

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Art Sales and Commissions: Primary revenue through sales of contemporary artwork represented by the gallery, earning commission on transactions between artists and collectors, museums, and institutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Kurimanzutto is a contemporary art gallery that represents more than 45 international artists, curates exhibitions at its physical gallery spaces in Mexico City and New York, and sells contemporary artwork to collectors, museums, and cultural institutions. The gallery generates revenue through commissions on artwork sales, institutional commissions at museums worldwide, participation in international art fairs, and sales of artist publications through its online bookstore km libros.

Product overview

Kurimanzutto is a contemporary art gallery operating physical exhibition spaces in Mexico City and New York, representing over 45 international artists. The gallery's core offerings include curating and hosting exhibitions at its physical spaces and offsite locations, representing artists for career development, and participating in major international art fairs. The gallery extends its reach through subsidiary products including km libros (an online bookstore for artist publications), a podcast series called 'Voices of Kurimanzutto' under the 'Future Dialogues' brand, and a digital archive documenting its exhibition history. The gallery does not operate as a technology platform and has no software products, APIs, or AI-powered features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KM Libros: Bookstore operated by Kurimanzutto, accessible at kmlibros.kurimanzutto.com

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibition Spaces
• Artist Representation
• Art Fair Participation
• km libros Bookstore

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Aspen Art MuseumminorOthersExhibition venue for represented artist Adrián Villar Rojas: 'First Gods, Lost Animals' exhibition running July 2026 – April 2027
• Fundación Casa de México en EspañaminorOthersExhibition venue for Carlos Amorales 'Nube Negra' exhibition in Madrid, May-September 2026
• MASP (Museu de Arte de São Paulo)minorOthersExhibition venue for Damián Ortega 'Matter and Energy' exhibition, May-September 2026
• New Museum (New York)minorOthersVenue for Sarah Lucas exhibition 'Venus Victoria', May 2026 ongoing
• M+ Museum (Hong Kong)minorOthersVenue for John Giorno 'Dial-a-Poem Hong Kong' exhibition, April-August 2026
• Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin)minorOthersVenue for Tarek Atoui exhibition 'Souffle Continu, Sunflowers', February-July 2026
• Stedelijk Museum AmsterdamminorOthersVenue for Danh Vo exhibition, February-August 2026
• Leeum Museum of Art (Seoul)minorOthersPermanent commission for Gabriel Orozco Garden installation
• Condo Gallery Sharing InitiativeminorOthersGallery participates in international gallery sharing initiative, hosting Château Shatto and other partner galleries

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pace Gallery: Major contemporary art gallery with global locations in New York, London, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, and elsewhere. Comparable to Kurimanzutto as a multi-location blue-chip contemporary gallery with deep museum relationships.
• Tanya Bonakdar Gallery: Chelsea and Los Angeles-based contemporary gallery focused on internationally recognized artists. Comparable to Kurimanzutto in roster profile, exhibition programming, and institutional placement strategy.
• White Cube: London-headquartered contemporary gallery with spaces in London, Hong Kong, Paris, New York, and Seoul. Comparable in representing top international contemporary artists and competing at the same art fairs as Kurimanzutto.
• David Zwirner: Leading Chelsea-based contemporary gallery with multiple New York spaces and outposts in London, Paris, and Hong Kong. Directly comparable to Kurimanzutto in representing major contemporary artists and operating at the top of the art fair circuit.
• Hauser & Wirth: Global contemporary art gallery with multiple locations worldwide and a roster of blue-chip artists. Highly comparable to Kurimanzutto in artist representation model, art fair participation, and museum-level institutional placement.
• Marian Goodman Gallery: New York-based contemporary gallery with outposts in Paris and London. Closely comparable to Kurimanzutto in scale, international artist roster, museum-driven model, and curatorial reputation.
• Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Chelsea-based contemporary gallery representing a roster of internationally active artists. Comparable to Kurimanzutto in scale, single-district gallery model, and focus on institutional contemporary art placements.
• Sean Kelly Gallery: Chelsea-based contemporary gallery with an additional space in Taipei. Comparable to Kurimanzutto as a mid-to-top-tier gallery with an internationally active contemporary roster and museum placement pipeline.
• Galerie Lelong & Co. Established contemporary gallery with spaces in New York and Paris. Comparable to Kurimanzutto in representing internationally significant contemporary artists with museum-level placements.

Broad incumbents

• Gagosian: The world's largest blue-chip gallery with 19+ locations globally. Represents an incumbent that competes with Kurimanzutto for top contemporary artists and collector relationships, but with substantially broader scope and resources.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kurimanzutto
• Facebookfacebook.com/KurimanzuttoGaleria
• Instagraminstagram.com/kurimanzutto/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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