Take Ninagawa

What Take Ninagawa does

Take Ninagawa is a privately held contemporary art gallery founded in 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The gallery represents and exhibits a curated roster of Japanese and international contemporary artists, including historically significant figures such as On Kawara, Shinro Ohtake, Danh Vo, and a forthcoming Man Ray exhibition (scheduled August–October 2026) staged concurrently with the On Kawara show. It operates a single physical exhibition space in Minato-ku, Tokyo, open Tuesday through Saturday (11:00–19:00), and conducts programming in both Japanese and English.

The gallery operates a traditional, non-technology business model. Its product is the exhibition, representation, and sale of contemporary artworks; it generates revenue through commissions on artwork sales, reported in the 40–50% range per transaction, with prices handled privately and not publicly disclosed. The only public commercial data point in the input is a part-time staff hourly wage of ¥1,226. The gallery maintains a bilingual website, active social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), and an email newsletter, with sales conducted through exhibition openings, private appointments, and a sustained international art-fair presence spanning Art Basel (Basel, Hong Kong, Paris), Frieze (London, Seoul, New York), and Condo London.

Take Ninagawa serves two principal customer segments: private art collectors (ranging from emerging to established buyers of Japanese and international contemporary art) and museums and cultural institutions (for acquisitions and exhibition collaborations). The business has no disclosed APIs, software products, patents, certifications, funding rounds, or headcount beyond five employees. Ownership is undocumented in the public record, and there is no parent company or subsidiary structure.

Name

Take Ninagawa

Legal name

Take Ninagawa

Website

https://takeninagawa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Take Ninagawa is a Tokyo-based contemporary art gallery founded in 2008, representing Japanese and international artists and earning revenue through artwork sale commissions, primarily to private collectors and cultural 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)

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Art exhibitions
• Artist representation
• International art fairs
• Art sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Art Sales and Commissions: Primary revenue is generated through the sale of contemporary artworks by represented and featured artists. The gallery earns commissions on sales, typically ranging from 40-50% of the sale price.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Take Ninagawa is a contemporary art gallery that represents and exhibits a curated roster of Japanese and international artists, including On Kawara, Man Ray, Shinro Ohtake, Danh Vo, and Ryoko Aoki. The gallery organizes and hosts exhibitions in its Tokyo space and sells artworks directly to collectors, earning a commission of approximately 40–50% per sale. It supplements domestic exhibition sales with active participation in the international art fair circuit, including Art Basel and Frieze.

Product overview

Take Ninagawa is an art gallery based in Tokyo, Japan, representing and exhibiting contemporary artists. The gallery's service offering consists of organizing and hosting exhibitions featuring its represented artists, participating in international art fairs, and managing artist representation. This is not a technology product but rather a traditional art gallery business with a website presence for exhibition information, artist profiles, and gallery communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contemporary Art Exhibitions

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Man Ray EstatecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2026Take Ninagawa presents a concurrent exhibition of Man Ray alongside On Kawara, creating a dialogue between two significant artists connected through artistic networks spanning Surrealism and Conceptual Art. The exhibition connects artists including William Copley who had relationships with both artists.
• Art BaselmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTake Ninagawa participates in Art Basel as a gallery exhibitor at multiple editions (Basel, Hong Kong, Paris), gaining access to international collectors and art market visibility.
• Frieze Art FairmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegular participation in Frieze London, Frieze Seoul, and Frieze New York as an exhibitor, providing international exposure and sales opportunities.

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• David Zwirner: Global mega-gallery with multi-city locations and a much larger roster. Listed as a broad incumbent because it competes for top artists and collector attention at Art Basel and Frieze, even though it operates at far greater scale than Take Ninagawa.
• Pace Gallery: Global blue-chip gallery with locations across New York, London, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, and Geneva. Relevant incumbent peer because it competes with Take Ninagawa at Art Basel and Frieze and even operates in Tokyo, but at substantially greater scale and breadth.
• Perrotin: International blue-chip gallery with locations in Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, and Dubai. Comparable incumbent competitor at Art Basel and Frieze whose Tokyo presence directly overlaps with Take Ninagawa's market.

Direct peers

• SCAI The Bathhouse: Established Tokyo contemporary art gallery founded in 1993, representing Japanese and international artists. Highly comparable as a same-city contemporary gallery participating in international art fairs with a similar roster structure to Take Ninagawa.
• Gallery Koyanagi: Long-standing Tokyo contemporary art gallery with a similarly curated Japanese and international roster. Directly comparable as a same-city peer with parallel fair participation and collector engagement model.
• Ota Fine Arts: Tokyo and Singapore-based contemporary gallery representing Japanese and Southeast Asian artists. Comparable in its Japan-anchored contemporary focus and international fair activity to Take Ninagawa.
• Tomio Koyama Gallery: Tokyo-based contemporary gallery with multiple locations and a Japanese/international roster. A close same-city comparable operating with a similar gallery model and fair circuit presence.
• Galerie Chantal Crousel: Paris-based contemporary gallery with a similarly curated international artist program and active Art Basel Paris participation. Comparable in positioning, scale, and fair strategy to Take Ninagawa.
• Stephen Friedman Gallery: London-based contemporary gallery of similar scale and tier, representing an international roster and exhibiting at Art Basel and Frieze. Comparable as a mid-sized blue-chip gallery competing in the same fair booths as Take Ninagawa.
• Taro Nasu: Tokyo-based contemporary art gallery focused on Japanese and international artists, also active on the international fair circuit. Closely comparable in scope, scale, and curatorial identity to Take Ninagawa.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TakeNinagawa
• Facebookfacebook.com/Take-Ninagawa-135596339850474
• Instagraminstagram.com/takeninagawa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/takeninagawa

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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