What Salon 94 does

Salon 94 is a privately held, founder-led contemporary art gallery founded in 2002 by Jeanne Rohatyn and headquartered at 3 East 89th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, with a second location inside the Palais-Royal in Paris. The company operates a primary-market gallery business: it represents and exhibits a roster of established and emerging artists (including recent solo shows of Niki de Saint Phalle and Sawako Goda), curates exhibitions across its two physical locations, and sells artworks directly to collectors and enthusiasts. Its distribution model combines in-person viewing at the gallery showrooms with digital marketing via the salon94.com website and dedicated Instagram accounts.

Beyond the core gallery program, Salon 94 has built a layered brand ecosystem under its umbrella. S94D (Salon 94 Design) is a design-focused sub-brand that sells furniture, décor, and design objects through a dedicated e-commerce storefront at salon94design.com, expanding the addressable market from fine-art collectors into design buyers. S94+ is an additional programming tier that extends the gallery's offerings beyond its core exhibitions, though specific details are not disclosed in the available source data.

The company's underlying technology is minimal — primarily a web and e-commerce presence built to support exhibition marketing and design sales — and there is no disclosed AI, data, or platform infrastructure. The revenue model is transaction-based and quote-priced: art and design sales are negotiated on a per-work basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing, contract structure, or recurring revenue component. Salon 94 employs between 11 and 50 staff, operates with no disclosed institutional funding or parent company, and competes on curatorial reputation, artist relationships, and the prestige of its dual New York / Paris real estate rather than on technology differentiation.

Name

Salon 94

Legal name

Salon 94

Website

https://salon94.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Salon 94 is a contemporary art gallery operating physical exhibition spaces in New York City (3 E 89th Street) and Paris (Palais-Royal), showcasing works by established and emerging artists across fine art and design. The gallery curates and hosts rotating exhibitions, sells artworks to collectors, and extends its offerings through a design-focused sub-brand (S94D) with an online shop for furniture and decor, plus an additional programming arm (S94+).

Product overview

Salon 94 is an art gallery with two locations: 3 E 89th Street in New York City and 30 Galerie de Montpensier, Jardin du Palais-Royal in Paris. The gallery operates its core exhibition program under Salon 94, complemented by a design-focused sub-brand called S94D (Salon 94 Design) which offers furniture and décor pieces via an online shop, and an additional program called S94+. Together, these offerings form an integrated art and design platform serving collectors and design enthusiasts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• S94D: Salon 94 Design - design-focused branch with separate website (salon94design.com) and shop
• S94+

Products and services

• Salon 94 Gallery Exhibitions

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Perrotin: Perrotin is a Paris-founded contemporary art gallery with major locations in Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Its Paris–New York axis mirrors Salon 94's two-city core, and its mixed contemporary-and-design sensibility parallels the S94D sub-brand.
• Marian Goodman Gallery: Marian Goodman Gallery operates in New York, Paris, and London, representing post-war and contemporary masters. Its transatlantic program and emphasis on intellectual, historically significant artists align closely with Salon 94's positioning.
• White Cube: White Cube is a London-headquartered contemporary gallery with additional spaces in Hong Kong, Seoul, Paris, and New York. Its international representation model and design-adjacent programming make it structurally comparable to Salon 94.
• Pace Gallery: Pace is a global contemporary art gallery with flagship locations in New York and an international footprint across multiple cities. Like Salon 94, it represents a mix of established and emerging contemporary artists and operates a multi-program model, making it a direct comparable in scale, geography, and program mix.
• Sean Kelly Gallery: Sean Kelly Gallery operates in New York and Taipei, representing contemporary artists with an internationally focused program. Its dual-city footprint and mid-sized operation make it a close structural analogue to Salon 94's New York–Paris model.
• Tanya Bonakdar Gallery: Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is a New York–based contemporary gallery with a Los Angeles outpost, representing international artists working across media. Comparable to Salon 94 in its founder-led model, mid-size scale, and curatorial emphasis on interdisciplinary contemporary practice.
• David Zwirner: David Zwirner is a leading contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles. It shares Salon 94's model of blue-chip and estate-level artist representation combined with a curated exhibition program and digital sales capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Hauser & Wirth: Hauser & Wirth is a globally established gallery with locations across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, plus an integrated publishing and hospitality arm. It overlaps with Salon 94's contemporary and design focus but operates at a substantially larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Gagosian: Gagosian is the world's largest contemporary art gallery, with locations in New York, London, Paris, Rome, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. It dominates the blue-chip segment and is a broader incumbent relative to Salon 94's mid-sized footprint.

Peers

• Lehmann Maupin: Lehmann Maupin operates contemporary art galleries in New York, London, Seoul, and Hong Kong, representing internationally recognized artists. Comparable to Salon 94 in its founder-led ethos, transatlantic footprint, and dual focus on established and emerging voices.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/salon94/?hl=en
• Xx.com/salon__94
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/marilyn-minter-studio

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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