Hunna Art

What Hunna Art does

Hunna Art is a privately held contemporary art gallery headquartered in Kuwait City, operating a permanent exhibition space at the Design District Center. The gallery represents a roster of women artists from the Arabian Peninsula and the wider MENA region, including practitioners from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, France-Morocco, and the United States, working across painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, installation, and AI-assisted image-making. Its curatorial framing emphasizes identity, memory, ecology, and cultural heritage, which differentiates it from generalist Gulf galleries.

The gallery's technology footprint is modest: its website, artist profiles, exhibition archive, press section, and online store run on the ArtLogic gallery platform, which provides cart and checkout functionality for direct artwork sales. The business model is transaction-fee based: Hunna Art acquires and represents artists, mounts solo and group exhibitions, and earns a commission (reportedly 50%) on sales of originals, prints, and sculptures, with unit prices ranging from approximately €750 to €3,700+. Go-to-market is event-driven and sales-led, anchored by recurring participation in major international art fairs — Art Dubai, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Art Paris (Promises sector), 1-54 Marrakech, Cape Town Art Fair, Menart, and Foundations — supplemented by press coverage, Instagram, email, and a 2025 digital-out-of-home partnership with Elevision at DIFC. Customer segments are private collectors (primary) and museums and cultural institutions (secondary), with strategic co-exhibition alliances with Emergeast and Firetti Contemporary extending its physical and curatorial reach beyond Kuwait.

Name

Hunna Art

Legal name

Hunna Art

Website

https://hunna.art

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hunna Art is a Kuwait-based contemporary art gallery that represents women artists from the Arabian Peninsula and MENA region, selling work through exhibitions, international art fairs, and an ArtLogic-powered online store 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
• Artist representation
• International art fairs
• Middle Eastern art
• Fine art sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Kuwait

HQ country

Kuwait

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Art Sales and Commissions: Primary revenue through commission on sales of artworks by represented artists. Gallery sells original artworks, prints, and sculptures with pricing ranging from approximately €750 to €3,700+ based on artist and medium.
2. Art Fair Participation: Revenue generated through booth sales at international art fairs. Gallery pays for booth space and sells artworks directly to fair visitors and collectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hunna Art is a contemporary art gallery that represents women artists from the Arabian Peninsula and wider MENA region. The gallery curates and presents solo and group exhibitions at its permanent space in Kuwait's Design District Center, participates in major international art fairs, and sells original artworks, prints, and sculptures directly to collectors and institutions.

Product overview

Hunna Art is an art gallery that serves as the primary product offering, representing women artists from the Arabian Peninsula. The gallery operates through a unified platform combining physical gallery exhibitions (solo and group shows), art fair participations (Art Dubai, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Art Paris, Cape Town Art Fair, 1-54 Marrakech, Menart), and artist representation services. The gallery's portfolio spans multiple countries including UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, and Morocco. Key represented artists include Reem R. (Palestinian), Eman Ali (Omani-Bahraini), Aidha Badr (American), Aliyah Alawadhi (UAE), Alymamah Rashed (Kuwait), Wafa Al Falahi (Emirati), and others. The gallery also operates an online store for artwork sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hunna Art Gallery Contemporary art gallery representing women artists from the Arabian Peninsula and broader MENA region, offering artist representation, curated solo and group exhibitions, participation in international art fairs, and direct artwork sales to collectors and institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Representing artists from 10+ countries across the MENA region and diaspora

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EmergeastcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for co-presenting exhibitions. Hunna Art and Emergeast collaborated on 'Under Her Wing' (December 2025 - January 2026), bringing together women artists from both galleries in a group exhibition exploring themes of protection and safeguarding in Arab and Iranian artistic traditions.
• ElevisionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMarketing partnership with Elevision, a digital advertising company in UAE, to promote women artists represented by Hunna Art. Each week an artist is featured on Elevision's digital screens across Dubai International Financial Centre.
• Firetti ContemporarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Firetti Contemporary in Dubai to present Aidha Badr's solo exhibition 'I'm Never Coming Back' (September - November 2025). Firetti Contemporary provided the physical exhibition space in Dubai.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ayyam Gallery: Leading MENA contemporary art gallery with spaces in Dubai and London, representing established and emerging Arab artists. Comparable in roster type, international fair activity, and collector reach.
• The Third Line: Dubai-based gallery focused on contemporary Middle Eastern art with established artist representation and international fair participation. Directly comparable business model and regional focus.
• Carbon 12: Dubai gallery in Alserkal Avenue representing contemporary Middle Eastern and international artists with strong art fair presence. Directly comparable scale and regional programming.
• Cuadro Gallery: Dubai-based contemporary art gallery representing regional and international artists, with active art fair participation and similar tier of represented artists.
• Lawrie Shabibi: Dubai gallery (Alserkal Avenue) representing contemporary Middle Eastern and international artists. Comparable scale, regional contemporary art focus, and international fair presence.
• Grey Noise: Dubai gallery focused on contemporary art from South Asia and the Middle East, with comparable emerging-artist focus and international fair participation.
• Elmarsa Gallery: Gallery with spaces in Tunis and Dubai focused on contemporary Arab and North African artists. Comparable in regional curatorial focus and participation in international art fairs.
• Emergeast: Gallery specializing in emerging artists from the Arab world and Iran; co-presented 'Under Her Wing' with Hunna Art in 2025. Directly comparable in curatorial focus on regional contemporary art and emerging talent.
• Firetti Contemporary: Dubai-based gallery with overlapping MENA contemporary art programming and a co-presentation partner of Hunna Art (Aidha Badr's 'I'm Never Coming Back'). Directly comparable in mission, artist roster type, and fair participation.

Broad incumbents

• Leila Heller Gallery: Established gallery with New York and Dubai presence representing Middle Eastern and international contemporary artists. Larger and more established but operates in the same regional contemporary art category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/hunna.art
• Facebookfacebook.com/hunna.artgallery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hunna

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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