Capitain Petzel

Name

Capitain Petzel

Legal name

Capitain Petzel

Website

https://capitainpetzel.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Primary revenue from selling contemporary artworks including paintings, sculptures, drawings, and installations by represented artists. Transactions are typically high-value, one-time sales to collectors and institutional buyers.
2. Publications: Sale of exhibition catalogues, monographs, and artist books published by or in collaboration with the gallery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Capitain Petzel is a contemporary art gallery that represents international artists and presents solo and group exhibitions at its Berlin location. It operates as a joint venture with Galerie Gisela Capitain (Cologne) and Petzel Gallery (New York), sells artworks to private collectors and institutions through direct gallery sales and international art fairs, and produces and sells exhibition catalogues and artist monographs.

Product overview

Capitain Petzel is a contemporary art gallery established in Berlin in 2008 as a joint venture between Galerie Gisela Capitain (Cologne) and Petzel Gallery (New York). The gallery operates three locations in Berlin, Cologne, and New York, representing international artists working across painting, sculpture, installation, video, and performance. Its core offerings include artist representation, exhibition programming, art fair participation, and publications. The gallery represents artists including Georg Herold, Tobias Pils, Isabella Ducrot, Leyla Yenirce, and Jack O'Brien, among others. The gallery also maintains a press archive and produces exhibition catalogs and artist monographs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Representation and Exhibition Services
• Art Publications

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Galerie Gisela Capitain (Cologne)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Parent gallery based in Cologne, Germany. One of two founding partners of the joint Capitain Petzel venture in Berlin. Represents artists including Georg Herold, Tobias Pils, and Isabella Ducrot.
• Petzel Gallery (New York)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Parent gallery based in New York, USA. One of two founding partners of the joint Capitain Petzel venture in Berlin. Represents artists including Jack O'Brien and Leyla Yenirce.
• ArtsyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOnline art marketplace platform for buying and selling fine art. Capitain Petzel maintains an active gallery presence on Artsy.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pace Gallery: Mega-gallery operating globally with a roster that often overlaps in tier and art-fair circuit with mid-tier Berlin galleries; represents an aspirational competitive threat for top artists.
• Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac: Large international contemporary gallery with locations in Paris, London, Salzburg, Milan, and Seoul; broader geographic scale but overlapping artist profile and collector base.
• Hauser & Wirth: Global mega-gallery with extensive international footprint and a contemporary roster at the highest market tier; a key consolidator competing for the same artists and institutional relationships.

Others

• Artsy: Online art marketplace that serves as a sales and discovery channel for Capitain Petzel and hundreds of comparable galleries; an enabling platform rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Petzel Gallery: Co-founding parent gallery based in New York representing a contemporary roster that overlaps with Capitain Petzel (e.g., Jack O'Brien). Operates an upper-tier contemporary program in a major art-market hub.
• Galerie Gisela Capitain: Co-founding parent gallery based in Cologne representing artists also shown at Capitain Petzel (e.g., Georg Herold, Tobias Pils). Mid-size contemporary gallery with parallel exhibition programming.
• Galerie Esther Schipper: Berlin-based contemporary gallery representing international artists across media, with strong fair and biennial presence; highly comparable in programmatic approach and gallery-tier positioning.
• Sprüth Magers: Contemporary gallery with Berlin and London locations representing an international roster; comparable trans-European footprint and artist-tier to Capitain Petzel.
• Galerie Max Hetzler: Berlin- and Paris-based contemporary gallery with multi-location presence and an international artist roster; comparable in operating model, fair participation, and primary market focus.
• König Galerie: Berlin-based contemporary art gallery operating a similarly sized international program with multiple locations and fair participation; directly comparable in scale, geography, and artist-tier.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/capitainpetzel

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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