Galerie Chantal Crousel

What Galerie Chantal Crousel does

Galerie Chantal Crousel is a Paris-based contemporary art gallery operating from 10 rue Charlot in the Marais district (3rd arrondissement). It represents over 40 international contemporary artists across sculpture, installation, photography, painting, video, and performance, including blue-chip names such as Wolfgang Tillmans, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Pierre Huyghe, Gabriel Orozco, Willem de Rooij, and José María Sicilia. The gallery maintains a dual program supporting established artists with major museum retrospectives while also exhibiting emerging voices. The current exhibition slate runs from June 2026 through November 2026, and the gallery space closes annually from late July to early September (2026: July 23 to September 4).

The gallery operates a multi-channel go-to-market: a physical exhibition space in Paris (Tuesday-Friday 10AM-6PM, Saturday 11AM-7PM), an online bookstore (Librairie) selling catalogs, artist books, and limited editions with prices ranging from €14 to €75 and international shipping, a multilingual website (French, English, Chinese), an email newsletter, and social media presence on Facebook and Instagram. It participates in major international art fairs including Art Basel (Stand K19, June 2026). Co-publishing partnerships with institutional publishers (Centre Pompidou, Marsilio Arte, Amsterdam University Press, Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana) support a scholarly publication program tied to represented artists' museum exhibitions.

The business model is private sales of contemporary artworks to collectors, museums, and institutions, supplemented by modest publication revenue. There is no proprietary technology disclosed; the gallery operates as a traditional commercial art gallery with 17 employees, privately held and independently owned with no venture capital, private equity, or parent-company involvement indicated. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed. Customer segments are split between high-net-worth private collectors (primary for sales) and museums/public institutions (for both acquisition and exhibition collaboration), with secondary reach to scholars and art researchers via publications.

Name

Galerie Chantal Crousel

Legal name

Galerie Chantal Crousel

Website

https://crousel.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Galerie Chantal Crousel is a privately held Paris-based contemporary art gallery representing over 40 international artists, selling artworks to collectors and museums through its Marais gallery space, art fairs, and a co-publishing program with major cultural institutions.

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Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920)

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Art exhibition
• Artist representation
• Art publishing
• Exhibition catalogs

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Art sales: The gallery generates revenue primarily through the sale of contemporary artworks by represented artists to collectors, institutions, and museums.
2. Publications and books: The gallery publishes and sells exhibition catalogs, artist books, and limited editions through its online bookstore. Prices range from 14€ to 75€ per item.

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Core offering

Galerie Chantal Crousel is a Paris-based contemporary art gallery representing over 40 international artists across sculpture, installation, photography, painting, video, and performance. The gallery sells artworks through its physical exhibition space in the Marais district and operates an online bookstore (Librairie) publishing and retailing exhibition catalogs, artist monographs, limited editions, and a vinyl record priced from €14.00 to €75.00. The gallery also presents group and solo exhibitions at its Paris space and participates in international art fairs such as Art Basel.

Product overview

Galerie Chantal Crousel is a contemporary art gallery in Paris offering multiple channels for engagement: physical gallery exhibitions, an online bookstore/publications section (Librairie), and podcast content. The Librairie features artist catalogs, monographs, limited editions, and vinyl records. Key publications include exhibition catalogs for represented artists such as Wolfgang Tillmans, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Hassan Khan, José María Sicilia, and Willem de Rooij, along with collective publications and collaborative artist books. The gallery also represents international artists across various mediums including sculpture, installation, photography, painting, video, and performance.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Warm Star (Vinyl Record) Vinyl record collaboration between Wolfgang Tillmans and Juan Pablo Echeverri, featuring original 2016 recordings and TR/ST remixes, released under Tillmans' Fragile label; sold through the gallery's online bookstore for €14.00.
• GESTUS (Exhibition Catalog) Bilingual exhibition catalog documenting Hassan Khan's exhibition at Parter Gallery/Cukrarna in Ljubljana (April 15 – September 21, 2025), featuring essays and photographic documentation; sold for €26.00.
• Noches y Días (Exhibition Catalog) Exhibition catalog documenting José María Sicilia's intervention at Palacio de Liria in Madrid, exploring dialogue between his work and the historical palace collections, sold for €36.00.
• The House That Jack Built (Rirkrit Tiravanija Retrospective Catalog) Retrospective catalog for Rirkrit Tiravanija (264 pages, 29 × 21 cm) published by Marsilio Arte on the occasion of his Pirelli HangarBicocca retrospective, featuring essays by Francesco Bonami, Beatriz Colomina, and conversations with Frida Escobedo; sold for €60.00.
• Willem de Rooij – Dirk Valkenburg (Scholarly Publication) Critical analysis of visual culture in early modern Netherlands examining Dirk Valkenburg's colonial-era paintings, edited by Willem de Rooij and Karwan Fatah-Black, co-published with Amsterdam University Press; sold for €75.00.
• Bastard Cookbook (Rirkrit Tiravanija) Collaborative cookbook by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Antto Melasniemi featuring unconventional recipes and essays on hospitality and cosmopolitan thinking, co-published with Garret Publications and the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York.
• A LOT OF PEOPLE (Rirkrit Tiravanija Survey) Comprehensive survey publication documenting four decades of Rirkrit Tiravanija's practice, published on the occasion of his first US survey at MoMA PS1.
• Rien ne nous y préparait – Tout nous y préparait (French Edition) French edition of the catalog for Wolfgang Tillmans' exhibition at Centre Pompidou, featuring texts and installation views.
• Nothing could have prepared us – Everything could have prepared us (English Edition) English edition of the catalog for Wolfgang Tillmans' exhibition at Centre Pompidou.
• Things matter, Dinge zählen (Wolfgang Tillmans Artist's Book) Artist's book by Wolfgang Tillmans created for his 'Weltraum' exhibition at Albertinum Dresden, intertwining excerpts from a 1987 Dresden inventory catalog with his 2003 Tate Britain catalog.
• Textes (Wolfgang Tillmans Anthology) French translation anthology of over 70 texts by Wolfgang Tillmans written between 1989–2024, covering photography, music, politics, and spirituality.
• Pierre Verger in Suriname (Willem de Rooij Publication) Documentation of Willem de Rooij's installation at Portikus, Frankfurt, presenting Pierre Verger's 1948 Suriname photographs.
• Fong Leng Sportswear (Willem de Rooij Catalog) Catalog documenting over seventy items from Willem de Rooij's collection of Fong Leng sportswear from the 1970s–80s.
• Scènes dans une bulle de cristal — Seen in a crystal ball (Collective Publication) Collective publication accompanying an exhibition featuring works by seventeen artists including Abraham Cruzvillegas, Mona Hatoum, Gabriel Orozco, and Wolfgang Tillmans.

Quantifiable outcome

• Representing over 40 international contemporary artists with museum presence worldwide

Named customers6 records

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Centre PompidoucoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration on Wolfgang Tillmans exhibition catalogs. Centre Pompidou publishes major catalogs documenting Tillmans's work, including 'Rien ne nous y préparait - Tout nous y préparait' documenting the 2025 exhibition at the Bibliothèque publique d'information.
• Marsilio ArtecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Publisher of Rirkrit Tiravanija's 'The House That Jack Built', a comprehensive catalog accompanying the retrospective exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca.
• Fundación Casa de AlbacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Host of José María Sicilia's 'Noches y Días' exhibition at Palacio de Liria, Madrid (February 19 - July 5, 2026), featuring the artist's interventions in dialogue with the historic palace's architecture and collections.
• Amsterdam University PresscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Publisher of Willem de Rooij's 'Dirk Valkenburg - A Critical Analysis of Visual Culture in the Early Modern Netherlands', a scholarly publication accompanying the exhibition at Museum Utrecht.
• Museum and Galleries of LjubljanacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Publisher of Hassan Khan 'GESTUS' catalog documenting the exhibition at Parter Gallery, Cukrarna, Ljubljana (April 15 - September 21, 2025).
• Garret PublicationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Co-publisher with Finnish Cultural Institute in New York of Rirkrit Tiravanija's 'The Bastard Cookbook'.
• Finnish Cultural Institute in New YorkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Co-publisher with Garret Publications of Rirkrit Tiravanija's 'The Bastard Cookbook'.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Marian Goodman Gallery: Long-established transatlantic contemporary gallery with Paris and New York spaces, representing conceptually rigorous artists (William Kentridge, Anish Kapoor). Highly comparable in curatorial profile, decades-long tenure, and dual-continent footprint.
• Galerie Lelong & Co. Paris- and New York-based contemporary gallery with a multi-decade history representing artists including Etel Adnan and Juan Muñoz. Directly comparable in Marais-rooted prestige, long tenure, and established international museum network.
• Galerie Perrotin: Paris-headquartered contemporary art gallery with global satellite spaces and a roster of blue-chip contemporary artists including Takashi Murakami and JR. Closest functional peer by city, model, and artist profile, though materially larger in scale.
• Esther Schipper: Berlin- and Paris-based contemporary gallery representing conceptual and installation-based artists such as Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno. Closely comparable in scale, curatorial orientation, and overlap with Crousel's represented roster.
• Bortolami Gallery: New York-based contemporary gallery with a roster of established international artists and a curatorial program aligned with conceptual and post-conceptual practices. Comparable in scale and prestige tier to Crousel within the global blue-chip mid-market.
• Galleria Raffaella Cortese: Milan-based contemporary gallery representing international artists across installation, photography, and painting. Similar boutique scale and curatorial seriousness; comparable peer in Continental European contemporary art ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• David Zwirner: New York-headquartered blue-chip gallery with global locations representing artists including Wolfgang Tillmans (overlapping directly with Crousel's roster). Major competitor for top-tier contemporary talent at much greater scale.
• Gagosian: The world's largest blue-chip gallery network, representing contemporary and modern masters across 20+ locations. Provides a reference point for the upper bound of scale in the contemporary gallery segment in which Crousel operates.
• Hauser & Wirth: Global mega-gallery with locations in Zurich, London, New York, Hong Kong and beyond, representing both modern and contemporary artists including Louise Bourgeois and Phyllida Barlow. Overlaps significantly with Crousel's contemporary roster but at materially larger scale.
• Pace Gallery: Global blue-chip gallery with locations across New York, London, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Tokyo, representing major contemporary and modern artists including teamLab and Adrian Ghenie. Functions as a broader incumbent competitor for institutional programming.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

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Customer concentration

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