Galerie Michael Janssen

What Galerie Michael Janssen does

Galerie Michael Janssen is a contemporary art gallery headquartered in Berlin, Germany, representing over 50 international contemporary artists across painting, sculpture, video, and installation mediums. The gallery's roster includes established names such as Marina Abramović, Ai Weiwei, Lynda Benglis, Yoshitaka Amano, and AES+F, alongside emerging and mid-career artists. It curates and hosts solo and group exhibitions across multiple locations — Berlin (primary), Singapore, Los Angeles, and Cologne — with an active exhibition pipeline including upcoming shows such as Manuela Sambo: Roots scheduled for early 2026.

The business operates a Shopify-powered e-commerce storefront for online artwork transactions, complemented by parallel listings on the three dominant online art marketplaces: Artsy, Artnet, and Artland. The Shopify checkout is configured with broad payment integration including PayPal, Stripe, major credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB, Diners Club), and cryptocurrency options (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin). Marketing is conducted through a newsletter, content-rich exhibition pages on the gallery's Shopify-hosted blog, and a presence across Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr, Snapchat, and Vimeo.

Revenue is generated through commission-based art sales, with the gallery typically retaining 50% of sale proceeds from represented artists. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; transactions are negotiated through direct consultation with the gallery. The customer base consists primarily of private art collectors seeking contemporary works for personal collections, with museums, foundations, and public institutions as a secondary segment for institutional acquisitions and exhibition collaborations. As of early 2026, the gallery is in transition: it has vacated its Berlin Bleibtreustr. 1 location after a five-year tenure and is preparing to reopen in a new Berlin space timed for Berlin Art Week in September 2026. The firm is privately held, independently operated under the Michael Janssen name, with no disclosed funding, parent company, or external investors.

Name

Galerie Michael Janssen

Legal name

Galerie Michael Janssen

Website

https://galeriemichaeljanssen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Galerie Michael Janssen is a Berlin-based contemporary art gallery representing over 50 international artists across Berlin, Singapore, Los Angeles, and Cologne, generating revenue through commissioned artwork sales via physical exhibitions and a Shopify e-commerce platform serving private collectors and institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG)

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation
• Art exhibition curation
• Fine art sales
• International art exhibitions

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Art Sales and Commissions: Primary revenue from the sale of contemporary artworks by represented and exhibited artists. Gallery operates on commission basis from artists, typically 50% gallery commission on sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Galerie Michael Janssen is a contemporary art gallery that represents more than 50 international contemporary artists, curates and stages exhibitions across physical gallery spaces in Berlin, Singapore, Los Angeles, and Cologne, and sells artworks directly through its physical showroom and Shopify-powered online storefront, as well as via online art marketplaces such as Artnet, Artsy, and Artland. The offering centers on artist representation, curated exhibitions, and primary-market art sales to private collectors and cultural institutions.

Product overview

Galerie Michael Janssen is a contemporary art gallery offering a unified service centered on artist representation and exhibition programming. The gallery operates across multiple locations (Berlin, Singapore, Los Angeles, Cologne) and maintains a roster of over 70 international artists. The core offering consists of curating and hosting exhibitions in their gallery spaces, representing artists, and facilitating the sale of contemporary artworks. The gallery uses a Shopify-powered e-commerce platform for managing artwork transactions. No modular product architecture or separate platform/modules structure exists—this is a single-service gallery operation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Artist Representation Services Representation of more than 50 international contemporary artists, providing them with exhibition opportunities, sales channels, and curatorial programming through the gallery.
• Curated Contemporary Art Exhibitions Curated exhibition programming across physical gallery locations in Berlin, Singapore, Los Angeles, and Cologne, showcasing the gallery's represented contemporary artists to collectors and institutions.
• Contemporary Art Sales Primary-market sales of contemporary artworks to private collectors and to museums and institutions, delivered through the Berlin physical gallery, the Shopify-powered e-commerce storefront, and online art marketplaces.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ArtlandminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOnline gallery platform partnership for digital art market presence and artwork listings.
• ArtnetminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor online art marketplace and auction platform. Gallery maintains presence for artwork visibility and sales.
• ArtsyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeading online art marketplace connecting galleries with collectors worldwide. Gallery listed on Artsy platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Galerie Neu: Berlin contemporary gallery with international artist roster and strong exhibition programming. Direct peer competing for similar collector base and art-fair visibility.
• Esther Schipper: Berlin gallery with strong international roster and exhibitions of established contemporary artists. Comparable in curatorial depth and collector segment.
• Kewenig: Berlin/Cologne-based gallery representing contemporary and historically contextualized artists. Direct peer with overlapping Cologne operations and similar mid-size positioning.
• Galerie Buchholz: Berlin/Cologne/New York contemporary gallery representing established international artists. Directly comparable in scope, geographic spread, and blue-chip positioning, including Cologne overlap with Galerie Michael Janssen.
• Galerie Max Hetzler: Long-established Berlin-based gallery with multiple international locations (Berlin, Paris, London, New York). Comparable in multi-city footprint and representation of significant contemporary artists.
• Contemporary Fine Arts (CFA): Berlin-based gallery with multi-decade presence representing international contemporary names. Direct competitor in the same primary market.
• Galerie Eigen+Art: Berlin-based contemporary art gallery with a similar international artist roster and multi-decade track record. Closest direct competitor in the same local market serving overlapping collector segments.

Broad incumbents

• Hauser & Wirth: Global blue-chip gallery representing many of the same high-profile contemporary artists (e.g., Ai Weiwei, Lynda Benglis context). Much larger incumbent; Galerie Michael Janssen's roster includes artists also shown by Hauser & Wirth, indicating both overlap and competitive tension.
• Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac: Larger international gallery with Berlin location and a broader global footprint (London, Paris, Salzburg, Seoul, Milan, New York). Competes for blue-chip artists and institutional collectors, but operates at significantly greater scale.
• Perrotin: Major international gallery with global presence and blue-chip contemporary roster. Operates at much larger scale but competes for the same institutional and ultra-collector segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/michael-janssen-gallery

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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