Sphere Gallery

What Sphere Gallery does

The Sphere Gallery is a privately-held modern and contemporary art gallery founded in 2015 in the Chelsea district of New York. It represents over 15 artists spanning street art (RETNA, Risk, Kobra), contemporary masters (Damien Hirst), photography (Peter Beard), and emerging voices (Alexander Yulish, Jordy Kerwick), with represented-artist works held in major collections including MoMA, the Whitney, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, and the Brooklyn Museum. The gallery operates five physical locations—Chelsea (New York), Laguna Beach (California, launched September 2025), Madrid, Napa Valley, and Palm Beach—and participates in major art fairs including Art Basel Miami. The gallery sells directly to high-net-worth collectors, museums, institutions, and corporate buyers via curated exhibitions, VIP preview events, and private viewings; all pricing is quote-based with no public price disclosure, and transactions are negotiated individually per artwork. Distribution is supported by owned channels including a weekly email newsletter and an Instagram presence of 30,000+ followers, supplemented by press coverage in Artnet News, Wall Street Journal, NASDAQ, and Hypebeast. Revenue is generated entirely through one-time artwork sales under traditional gallery consignment economics, with no subscription, licensing, or recurring component.

Name

Sphere Gallery

Legal name

The Sphere Gallery

Website

https://spherehausgallery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Sphere Gallery is a privately-held contemporary art gallery founded in 2015, representing 15+ artists including Damien Hirst and RETNA across five locations in New York, Laguna Beach, Madrid, Napa Valley, and Palm Beach. It sells investment-grade artworks to high-net-worth collectors, museums, and corporate buyers via curated exhibitions and quote-based private transactions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation
• Artwork sales
• Street art exhibitions
• Private art viewings

Headquarters

HQ city

Laguna Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Primary revenue from selling contemporary and modern artworks including paintings, sculptures, prints, and mixed-media pieces from represented artists. Sales are conducted through direct inquiries, private viewings, and gallery exhibitions with no public pricing—each transaction is negotiated individually.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sphere Gallery sells modern and contemporary art through five physical gallery locations, representing over 15 established and emerging artists. Sales are conducted via direct inquiry, private viewings, and curated exhibitions, with each artwork priced individually rather than via public listings. The gallery also curates solo and group exhibitions and hosts VIP preview events for serious collectors and institutions.

Product overview

The Sphere Gallery operates as a modern and contemporary art gallery offering a unified platform for exhibiting, selling, and promoting contemporary artists. Founded in New York in 2015, the gallery now maintains locations in New York, Laguna Beach, CA, Madrid, Napa Valley, and Palm Beach. The core offering encompasses artist representation services, physical exhibition spaces, VIP preview events, and newsletter communications. The gallery represents over 15 artists including Damien Hirst, RETNA, Richard Hambleton, Peter Beard, Domingo Zapata, The Connor Brothers, Marie Chang, and others. Exhibitions range from street art (Risk, RETNA, Kobra) to contemporary masters (Damien Hirst), photography (Peter Beard), and emerging artists. The gallery also hosts solo exhibitions such as Stanley Casselman's 'Quantum Abstractions' as part of its programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Art Gallery Services Contemporary and modern art gallery offering exhibition space, direct artwork sales, and representation of international artists across five physical locations (New York, Laguna Beach, Madrid, Napa Valley, Palm Beach). Sales are conducted via direct inquiry, private viewings, and gallery exhibitions, with each artwork priced individually.
• Artist Representation Gallery representation of over 15 contemporary artists including Damien Hirst, RETNA, Richard Hambleton, Peter Beard, Domingo Zapata, The Connor Brothers, Marie Chang, Liu Shuishi, Ole Aakjaer, Outtara Watts, Jordy Kerwick, Kobra, Dana Arawatani, and Risk, placing their works in major museum, institutional, and private collections worldwide.
• Quantum Abstractions Exhibition (Stanley Casselman) Solo exhibition by Stanley Casselman featuring silkscreen painting works; a curated, time-bound exhibition offering for collectors and institutional buyers, with VIP preview access.
• Risk Exhibition Exhibition of works by Kelly 'RISK' Graval, the founder of the West Coast Graffiti movement, including 'Velocity of Light' and 'Transitions 2025,' offered to collectors and institutional buyers.
• Richard Hambleton Exhibition Exhibition of works by Richard Hambleton, the 'godfather of street art,' showcasing his Shadowmen and Horse and Rider series, offered to collectors and institutional buyers.
• RETNA Exhibition Exhibition of works by RETNA (Marquis Lewis) known for monumental works with script-like symbols blending hieroglyphics, calligraphy, blackletter, and graffiti, offered to collectors and institutional buyers.
• Peter Beard Exhibition Exhibition of works by Peter Beard, including fashion photography and African wildlife imagery such as works from his Madison Square Garden series, offered to collectors and institutional buyers.
• Damien Hirst Exhibition Exhibition of Damien Hirst screenprints including 'Big Love' (2010) and 'Minnie Glitter' (2016), offered to collectors and institutional buyers.

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alexander YulishcoreOthersFeatured guest artist at the gallery's September 2025 Laguna Beach opening. Yulish is known for large-scale, emotionally charged paintings and has exhibited internationally, blurring boundaries between abstraction and figuration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Marian Goodman Gallery: Marian Goodman Gallery is an established New York- and Paris-based contemporary art gallery representing influential post-war and contemporary artists. It is a direct competitor for museum placements and HNW collectors in the same contemporary segment as Sphere.
• Perrotin: Perrotin is a global contemporary art gallery with locations across New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo and Los Angeles, representing blue-chip contemporary artists. It overlaps with Sphere on contemporary positioning, international footprint strategy and HNW collector outreach.
• Pace Gallery: Pace is a major global contemporary art gallery representing blue-chip modern and contemporary artists across multiple locations worldwide. It competes directly with Sphere for institutional acquisitions, Art Basel presence and high-end private collectors in the same contemporary segment.
• Lehmann Maupin: Lehmann Maupin is a contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Seoul and Hong Kong, representing an international roster of established and emerging contemporary artists. It is comparable to Sphere in mid-size contemporary positioning and multi-city strategy.
• Gagosian: Gagosian is the world's largest network of contemporary art galleries with locations across the US, Europe and Asia, representing blue-chip contemporary artists similar to Sphere's roster. It is the dominant incumbent Sphere competes against for HNW collectors, museum placements and primary representation of high-demand artists.
• Hauser & Wirth: Hauser & Wirth is a globally established contemporary and modern art gallery with multiple international locations and a roster that overlaps with Sphere's contemporary and street-art positioning. It competes for the same HNW and museum buyer base and at the same Art Basel venues.
• Gladstone Gallery: Gladstone Gallery is a New York and Brussels-based contemporary art gallery representing established international contemporary artists. It competes with Sphere for museum acquisitions, private collector sales and blue-chip artist representation.
• LGDR (Lévy Gorvy Dayan): LGDR is a major contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong and Geneva, focused on 20th-century and contemporary masters. It overlaps with Sphere on the high-end HNW collector segment and on private sales of blue-chip contemporary works.
• David Zwirner: David Zwirner is a leading contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Los Angeles, representing major contemporary artists. It is a benchmark competitor for Sphere in both primary sales to HNW collectors and institutional museum placements.

Direct peers

• Skarstedt Gallery: Skarstedt is a New York-, London- and Paris-based contemporary art gallery known for representing both established contemporary masters and street-art-adjacent artists. Its mixed contemporary-and-street positioning and mid-size global footprint make it a close comparable to Sphere's curated roster.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/thespheregallery/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr#

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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