What David Castillo does

David Castillo Gallery is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2005 and headquartered in the Miami Design District, where it relocated in July 2020. The gallery has produced more than 160 fine art exhibitions and operates as a primary-market representative for an established roster of contemporary artists, including Belkis Ayón, Studio Lenca, Xaviera Simmons, Pepe Mar, Quisqueya Henriquez, Kalup Linzy, and Lyle Ashton Harris. Works sold or placed through the gallery appear in the permanent collections of major institutions including MoMA, the Guggenheim, LACMA, the National Gallery of Art, Tate Modern, and Museo Reina Sofia.

The gallery's revenue mechanics rest on three pillars: primary-market sales of represented artists' works, secondary-market transactions (a practice the founder has run since 2000), and corporate client programs, with UBS named as a corporate account. Distribution is anchored by participation in top-tier international fairs — including Art Basel Switzerland in 2023, where the gallery was the first Miami-based participant — and by confirmation of participation in the Venice Biennale 2026. The business is privately held with approximately 15 employees and no disclosed financials, public valuation, or institutional funding.

Founder David Castillo holds degrees from Yale and the Angelicum in Rome, and the gallery's underlying value drivers are curatorial relationships, artist representation contracts, institutional placement credibility, and brand equity. There are no proprietary technology platforms, AI/ML capabilities, patents, or disclosed data assets associated with the operation; competitive advantage is built on human capital and network depth rather than on technology.

Name

David Castillo

Legal name

David Castillo Gallery

Website

https://davidcastillogallery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

David Castillo Gallery is a Miami Design District contemporary art gallery founded in 2005, representing established and mid-career artists, placing works in major U.S. and European museum collections, and serving HNW collectors and corporate clients through exhibitions, art fairs, and secondary-market sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (45992)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation
• Fine art sales
• Art advisory services
• Art fair exhibitions

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Primary Art Sales: Sale of contemporary artwork from represented artists to collectors, museums, and institutions. Both primary market (directly from artists) and secondary market (resale of important works) transactions.
2. Art Fair Participation: Revenue generated from sales at international art fairs including Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Basel Switzerland, ARCO, and The Armory Show.
3. Secondary Market Deals: Since 2000, David Castillo has dealt in important Latin American, European, and American secondary market works.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

David Castillo Gallery is a contemporary art gallery that represents established and emerging artists, sells their works through its Miami gallery and international art fairs, and advises private and institutional collectors on acquisitions. Since 2000, David Castillo has also dealt in important Latin American, European, and American secondary-market works, placing pieces into major museum collections worldwide.

Product overview

David Castillo is a contemporary art gallery offering a unified portfolio of services centered on artist representation, fine art exhibitions, and art sales. The gallery operates through three interconnected offerings: artist representation and gallery exhibitions (featuring works by artists including María de los Angeles Rodríguez Jiménez, GeoVanna Gonzalez, Lyle Ashton Harris, Quisqueya Henriquez, Kalup Linzy, Pepe Mar, Glexis Novoa, Xaviera Simmons, Sasha Wortzel, Yesiyu Zhao, and Ricardo E. Zulueta); participation in international art fairs (Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Basel Switzerland, ARCO, The Armory Show); and collection advisory services for private clients. Founded in 2005 and located in Miami's Design District, the gallery has placed works in major museum collections including MoMA, the Guggenheim, LACMA, and the National Gallery of Art, and has produced over 160 fine art exhibitions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Artist Representation and Gallery Exhibitions Representation and ongoing exhibition of contemporary artists (including María de los Angeles Rodríguez Jiménez, GeoVanna Gonzalez, Lyle Ashton Harris, Quisqueya Henriquez, Kalup Linzy, Pepe Mar, Glexis Novoa, Xaviera Simmons, Sasha Wortzel, Yesiyu Zhao, Ricardo E. Zulueta, Belkis Ayón, and Studio Lenca), making their works available for acquisition by collectors and institutions.
• International Art Fair Participation Booth presentation and sales of represented artists' works at major international art fairs including Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Basel Switzerland, ARCO Madrid, and The Armory Show, reaching global collector and institutional audiences.
• Collection Advisory and Secondary Market Sales Private advisory and acquisition services for collectors and institutions, including secondary-market works in Latin American, European, and American art, alongside support for public art commissions and corporate collections such as UBS.

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• UBSminorOthersUBS is identified as one of the gallery's corporate clients. The relationship involves art acquisitions and corporate art collection services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sean Kelly Gallery: Sean Kelly Gallery has locations in New York and Paris (with an LA presence) and represents contemporary artists whose works appear in major institutional collections. Directly comparable to David Castillo on contemporary representation, gallery-based exhibition programming, and international art-fair visibility.
• Perrotin: Perrotin operates contemporary art galleries globally (Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Dubai, Los Angeles) and represents many blue-chip contemporary artists with deep museum ties. Directly comparable on contemporary representation, museum placement strategy, and top-tier art-fair participation (including Art Basel).
• Marianne Boesky Gallery: Marianne Boesky Gallery operates contemporary art spaces in New York and Aspen, representing established and mid-career contemporary artists with strong institutional exhibition records. Comparable to David Castillo on contemporary primary-market representation, art-fair participation, and museum placement of represented artists.
• Pace Gallery: Pace is a global contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Geneva, and Los Angeles, representing major living artists and placing works in premier museum collections. It is directly comparable to David Castillo Gallery in core business model: contemporary primary-market representation, museum placement, and active participation in the world's leading art fairs.
• Sperone Westwater: Sperone Westwater is a long-established New York contemporary gallery representing living artists with deep museum ties and a robust secondary-market practice. Comparable to David Castillo on contemporary primary-market representation, museum placement, and engagement with high-end collectors at major art fairs.
• David Zwirner: David Zwirner is one of the largest contemporary art galleries worldwide, with galleries in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles, and a major secondary-market operation. Comparable to David Castillo on contemporary primary-market representation, deep museum relationships, and high-end collector engagement at premier art fairs.
• Lehmann Maupin: Lehmann Maupin is a contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Seoul, and Hong Kong that represents artists with strong museum and institutional recognition. Directly comparable to David Castillo on contemporary representation, international art-fair participation, and a focus on conceptually rigorous programming.

Broad incumbents

• Hauser & Wirth: Hauser & Wirth is a globally established gallery with locations across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, representing estates and contemporary artists with major institutional reach. It is comparable in primary-market representation and museum placement, but operates at significantly larger scale and with broader geographic footprint than David Castillo.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CastilloGallery
• Facebookfacebook.com/37741451425
• Instagraminstagram.com/davidcastillogallery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/david-castillo-gallery

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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