Sundaram Tagore Gallery

What Sundaram Tagore Gallery does

Sundaram Tagore Gallery is a privately held contemporary art gallery founded in 2000 and registered as Sundaram Tagore Inc. It operates three physical gallery spaces — a flagship at 542 West 26th Street in New York's Chelsea district, a location at Gillman Barracks in Singapore, and a newest gallery at 27 Pall Mall in London opened in 2023 — together representing 35 or more internationally recognized contemporary artists including Hiroshi Senju, Sebastião Salgado, Edward Burtynsky, Steve McCurry, Miya Ando, Chun Kwang Young, Susan Weil, Sohan Qadri, Ricardo Mazal, Karen Knorr, Anila Quayyum Agha and Tayeba Begum Lipi. The gallery generates revenue primarily through one-time sales of original contemporary artworks (paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints and installations) to private collectors, museums and cultural institutions, supplemented by public art commissions, exhibition catalogues and limited-edition publications, and art fair sales.

The underlying technology stack is deliberately modest and sector-typical: a content management and exhibition website built on the Artlogic platform, Mailchimp for email marketing, and listings/inquiry integrations with the online art marketplaces Artsy, Artnet, Ocula and 1stDibs. Distribution is a hybrid model — relationship-driven, sales-led, and event-driven — combining physical gallery sales, a heavy international art-fair circuit (Art Miami, Expo Chicago, Zona Maco, Art SG, Tokyo Gendai, Kiaf Seoul, Photo London, Art Dubai, Masterpiece London, Sydney Contemporary, Seattle Art Fair, among others), institutional museum placements and traveling exhibitions, biennale collateral events (Frontiers Reimagined, 56th Venice Biennale, 2015), public-art commissions (Zheng Lu's 'Undercurrent' at UN Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza; Senju's works at Kongobuji Temple, UNESCO site), and brand-aligned partnerships with organizations such as Sotheby's and Saint Laurent. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; collectors inquire directly through gallery staff, online platforms, or at fairs.

The customer base splits between high-net-worth private collectors (primary) and museums/cultural institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria & Albert Museum, Brooklyn Museum, LACMA, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Royal Ontario Museum, Crystal Bridges, Seattle Art Museum, ICP and Asia Society, with works entering permanent collections as a recurring institutional validation channel. Headcount is reported at 51–100 employees; no revenue figure is publicly disclosed and ownership rests privately with the founder.

Name

Sundaram Tagore Gallery

Legal name

Sundaram Tagore Inc.

Website

https://sundaramtagore.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sundaram Tagore Gallery is a privately held contemporary art gallery operating galleries in New York (Chelsea), Singapore (Gillman Barracks) and London (Pall Mall), representing 35+ international artists and serving high-net-worth collectors and museums through exhibitions, art fairs, public art commissions and publications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artwork sales
• Artist representation
• Public art commissions
• Art exhibitions

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Artwork sales: Primary revenue from one-time sales of original artworks (paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, installations) by represented artists to collectors, museums and institutions through gallery exhibitions, art fairs and online platforms.
2. Public art commissions: Revenue from large-scale commissioned public sculpture installations (e.g., Zheng Lu's Undercurrent at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Zheng Lu at Gillman Barracks Lock Route).
3. Publication and print sales: Revenue from artist monographs, exhibition catalogues and limited-edition publications distributed alongside shows (e.g., Miya Ando's Water of the Sky published by MIT Press).
4. Art fair sales: Sales generated through participation in international art fairs (Art Miami, Expo Chicago, Art SG, Photo London, Zona Maco, Tokyo Gendai, Kiaf Seoul, Art Central Hong Kong, Art Dubai, Masterpiece London, Sydney Contemporary, Seattle Art Fair, etc.).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Sundaram Tagore Gallery operates physical contemporary art gallery spaces in New York (Chelsea), Singapore (Gillman Barracks), and London (Pall Mall), representing an international roster of more than 35 contemporary artists. The gallery sells original paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, and installations to private collectors and museums through gallery exhibitions, international art fairs, online platforms (Artsy, Artnet, Ocula, 1stDibs), public art commissions, museum placement, and a publications program.

Product overview

Sundaram Tagore Gallery operates as a multi-location contemporary art gallery brand rather than a software product. Its offering is a unified platform-plus-locations model: a single brand (Sundaram Tagore Gallery) operates three physical gallery spaces — the New York (Chelsea) flagship, the Singapore (Gillman Barracks) gallery, and the newest London (Pall Mall) gallery — that together present the Art Exhibitions Program, which rotates work by the gallery's represented Artist Representation / Roster. Revenue is generated through the core Artwork Sales service, executed either in-gallery or via partnered online marketplaces (Artsy, Artnet, Ocula, 1stDibs). Supporting the exhibition programming are the Publications Catalog (exhibition catalogues and artist monographs), the Events, Talks & Art-Fair Participation program, Public Art Installation Projects (large-scale commissioned works outside the gallery), and Curatorial & Museum Exhibition Placement (which brokers institutional placements and produces external exhibitions such as Venice Biennale collateral events). All three locations are administered through a single website (sundaramtagore.com) built on the Artlogic platform and integrated with Mailchimp for marketing and the listed social channels for audience communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Art Exhibitions Program Rotating program of solo and group exhibitions featuring an international roster of more than 35 represented contemporary artists, mounted across the New York, Singapore, and London gallery locations.
• Artwork Sales Sale of original contemporary artworks (paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, installations) by represented artists to private collectors and museums, fulfilled in-gallery or through partnered online sales platforms.
• Artist Representation Services Long-term representation of an international roster of contemporary artists, providing exhibition programming, gallery placement, art-fair participation, publication support, and sales infrastructure.
• Publications Catalog Catalogue raisonnés, exhibition monographs, and artist books produced in connection with gallery exhibitions and individual artist practices.
• Public Art Installation Projects Commissioning and placement of large-scale site-specific public artworks and installations beyond gallery walls, delivered in partnership with governmental and cultural commissioning bodies.
• Curatorial and Museum Exhibition Placement Facilitates placement of represented artists' work in major institutional exhibitions worldwide and curates external presentations, including biennale collateral events and traveling exhibitions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 35+ represented artists on active roster
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Gillman Barracks Programme OfficeflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 January 2017Commissioned the Lock Route outdoor public art project, curated by Khairuddin Hori, in which gallery artist Zheng Lu installed a large-scale sculpture from his Shiosai series as part of Gillman Barracks' Art After Dark opening on January 13, 2017 (on view until June 30, 2017).
• Museo di Palazzo Grimani / il Polo museale del Veneto / Italian Ministry of CultureflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 May 2015Co-curated with Marius Kwint, the gallery mounted Frontiers Reimagined as an official Collateral Event of the 56th Venice Biennale. The Italian Ministry of Culture provided patronage and the exhibition was staged at Museo di Palazzo Grimani in partnership with il Polo museale del Veneto. The show featured 44 artists from Asia, Africa and the West and ran May 9 to November 22, 2015.
• NYC Parks (Art in the Parks program) / World Council of Peoples for the United Nations (WCPUN)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFacilitated installation of Zheng Lu's twenty-foot, ~2.5-ton stainless-steel sculpture Undercurrent (2023) in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza adjacent to the United Nations. The two-year project aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals 6 (clean water) and 13 (climate change) and was organized in conjunction with NYC Parks' Art in the Parks program.
• Sotheby'scoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecial Presentation partnership with Sotheby's for Eastern Exposure: Meaning & Materiality in Contemporary Asian Art held at the London gallery October 29 – November 4, 2024, with the exhibition then continuing at Sundaram Tagore London through January 18, 2025.
• Saint Laurent (Anthony Vaccarello)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerSolo exhibition Miya Ando: Mono No Aware curated by Anthony Vaccarello (Creative Director of Yves Saint Laurent) at Saint Laurent Rive Droite Los Angeles (469 N. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills), featuring a re-creation of the karesansui (dry Zen garden) of Ryōanji Temple and works from Miya Ando's Kumo series, running through May 28, 2025.
• Kongobuji Temple (Mount Koya, Japan)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommissioned gallery artist Hiroshi Senju to create two monumental paintings (a waterfall and a cliff) installed as fusuma (sliding doors) at the UNESCO World Heritage site Kongobuji Temple to celebrate Mount Koya's 1,200th anniversary. Dedicated in November 2020 after a three-year creation process and multi-museum tour.
• Asia Society Hong KongcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPicturing Asia: Double Take–The Photography of Brian Brake and Steve McCurry, marking Asia Society Hong Kong's 60th anniversary, through January 7, 2017 — featured gallery artist Steve McCurry.
• Boghossian Foundation / Museum Ground / Interart ChannelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-supported Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined at Palazzo Contarini Polignac during the Venice Biennale, comprising a curated selection of the Korean artist's Aggregations.
• The MIT PresscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublisher of Miya Ando's 280-page book Water of the Sky | A Dictionary of 2,000 Japanese Rain Words, with 100 full-color illustrations and foreword by Hollis Goodall (former LACMA Curator of Japanese Art).
• LASALLE College of the Arts (Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndependent curator and LASALLE lecturer Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani curated Anthropos: Navigating Human Depth in Thai and Singapore Contemporary Art at the Singapore gallery (September 13 – October 13, 2013), featuring 11 Thai and Singapore artists.
• Artsy / Artnet / Ocula / 1stDibscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOnline art marketplaces through which the gallery accepts inquiries about artworks and extends its digital sales reach beyond physical gallery locations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hauser & Wirth: Internationally operating contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Zurich, Hong Kong, Seoul, Los Angeles, and other cities. Highly comparable multi-location primary-market model with a similar international artist roster and museum-placement pipeline.
• Pace Gallery: Global contemporary art gallery with major New York, London, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Geneva, and Los Angeles locations. Directly comparable as a multi-continent primary-market gallery representing international contemporary artists and securing major museum placements, though at meaningfully larger scale than Sundaram Tagore.
• Skarstedt Gallery: Contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, and Paris. Comparable multi-city gallery representing established contemporary artists with strong post-war and contemporary programming and museum relationships.
• Tina Kim Gallery: New York-based contemporary gallery specializing in East Asian and Korean contemporary art with international fair presence. Most directly comparable peer in terms of curatorial emphasis on East/West cross-cultural dialogue, though smaller in geographic footprint.
• Lehmann Maupin: Contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Seoul, and Hong Kong. Closely comparable mid-to-upper-tier gallery representing international contemporary artists, including a notable East/West curatorial emphasis similar to Sundaram Tagore.
• Lévy Gorvy Dayan (LGDR): International art gallery with locations in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Geneva. Comparable global primary-market gallery with a strong program of post-war and contemporary exhibitions and museum-level placements.
• David Zwirner: Major contemporary art gallery with galleries in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles. Comparable as a global primary-market gallery representing blue-chip contemporary artists with strong museum relationships, again at significantly larger scale.
• Marian Goodman Gallery: Established contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, Paris, and London. Comparable cross-continental gallery model representing internationally significant contemporary and conceptual artists with strong museum placement track record.
• White Cube: International contemporary art gallery with spaces in London, Hong Kong, Seoul, Paris, New York, and beyond. Comparable multi-city primary-market gallery operating at the upper tier of the contemporary art market.

Broad incumbents

• Gagosian: The world's largest contemporary art gallery with 20+ exhibition spaces globally. Comparable as the dominant incumbent in the international primary art market; competes for the same blue-chip artists, museum placements, and collector relationships, though at materially greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SundaramTagore
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• Facebookfacebook.com/SundaramTagoreGalleries
• Instagraminstagram.com/sundaramtagore
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sundaramtagoregallery

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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