What Gladstone Gallery does

Gladstone Gallery is a privately held, New York-headquartered contemporary art gallery that represents artists, stages exhibitions, and brokers primary-market sales to high-net-worth collectors and major museums. The gallery operates five physical spaces — three in Chelsea and the Upper East Side in New York (515 West 24th Street, 530 West 21st Street, and 130 East 64th Street), one in Brussels, and one in Seoul — and supplements these with a publications e-commerce shop selling monographs and catalogs at price points from $5 to over $150. The roster blends living experimental artists (e.g., Anicka Yi, Precious Okoyomon, Wangechi Mutu) with stewardship of historical estates (e.g., Robert Rauschenberg, Keith Haring, Richard Prince), and the gallery maintains consistent presence at the world's most consequential art fairs (Art Basel, TEFAF New York, Art Busan) and institutional platforms (Venice Biennale, MoMA, Whitney, Fondazione Prada, Art Institute of Chicago).

The business model is a commission-based primary-market sales operation: Gladstone earns transaction fees on artwork sales brokered on behalf of represented artists, with ancillary revenue from publications retail and a small direct-to-consumer e-commerce channel. The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven — buyers are reached through gallery viewings, art fair booths, institutional placement of artists' work, and a multi-channel digital presence spanning the website, Instagram, Facebook, WeChat, and an email newsletter. Pricing for artworks is handled through private inquiry and is not publicly disclosed. The company is independently owned, with no parent company, no disclosed external funding, and no public listing. Senior Partner Max Falkenstein and Partner Gavin Brown lead the firm alongside Senior Director of Sales Trina Gordon and a bench of 15+ directors and sales staff, including regional leads in Brussels, Seoul, and signals of presence in Rome and Beijing.

The technology stack is minimal: standard website analytics (Google Analytics) and social media integrations, with no proprietary platform, no API, no AI capabilities, and no mobile app. Distribution relies almost entirely on physical gallery foot traffic, art fair participation, and institutional relationships, with the digital channel primarily serving as a content and communications layer rather than a transactional one.

Name

Gladstone Gallery

Legal name

Gladstone Gallery

Website

https://gladstonegallery.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gladstone Gallery is a New York-headquartered contemporary art gallery representing living experimental artists and historical estates across five physical locations in New York, Brussels, and Seoul. It brokers primary-market sales to high-net-worth collectors and major museums, participates in top global art fairs, and sells artist publications online.

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)

akta.pro secondary industry

Art, Photography & Illustrated Books Publishing (MPAJAAAF)

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation services
• Fine art sales
• Art exhibition curation
• Art publication retail

Headquarters

HQ city

West New York

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Art Sales and Commissions: Primary revenue from selling contemporary artworks on behalf of represented artists, earning commissions on transactions.
2. Publications Sales: E-commerce sales of artist catalogs, monographs, and exhibition publications ranging from $5 to $150+.
3. Art Fair Participation: Revenue from sales at international art fairs including Art Basel, TEFAF New York, Art Busan, and Venice Biennale related exhibitions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Gladstone Gallery represents and sells modern and contemporary art on behalf of its roster of artists, operating as a primary-market art dealer. It curates and presents rotating exhibitions across physical gallery spaces in New York (three locations), Brussels, and Seoul, and supports represented artists' careers through international art fair participation and institutional placement. Complementing its exhibition program, the gallery operates an online publications shop selling artist catalogs, monographs, and special edition books priced from $5 to over $150.

Product overview

Gladstone Gallery is a contemporary art gallery offering a unified platform of services centered on artist representation, exhibition curation, and art sales. The gallery operates physical gallery spaces and an online platform featuring artist representation services, rotating exhibition programs across its locations, and a publications shop selling artist catalogs, monographs, and special edition books. The core offering combines physical gallery exhibitions with an e-commerce publication store, representing a traditional gallery model with a digital retail component.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibition Services Curated exhibitions featuring represented and historical artists across gallery locations in New York, Brussels, and Seoul. Exhibitions are presented on a rotating basis and are the gallery's primary platform for showcasing artist work to collectors, curators, and institutional buyers.
• Publications Shop Online retail platform selling artist monographs, catalogs, and special edition publications. Catalog includes works by Wangechi Mutu, Matthew Barney, Keith Haring, Alex Katz, and other represented and historical artists. Pricing ranges from $5 to $150+ per title on a pay-as-you-go basis.
• Artist Representation Representation and career development services for contemporary artists, including the announcement and onboarding of new artists such as Anna Zemánková, Pope.L, Robert H. Colescott, Celia Paul, Peter Saul, Lawrence Weiner, Precious Okoyomon, Brook Hsu, Karen Kilimnik, and Joseph Yaeger. The gallery acts as primary-market dealer, supporting artist careers through exhibitions, art fairs, and institutional placement.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Art BaselcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2026Gladstone Gallery participates in Art Basel in Basel, with the gallery among major galleries reporting strong sales during the VIP preview day. The fair opened with sales across major galleries despite fewer international visitors from U.S. and Asia.
• TEFAF New YorkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Gladstone Gallery participates in TEFAF New York art fair (May 14-17), which showcased a wide range of artworks, antiques, and jewelry with record attendance and active sales across categories.
• Art BusancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 April 2026Gladstone Gallery participated as one of the major international names at Art Busan's 15th anniversary edition (May 21-24, 2026), held at BEXCO convention center. The fair featured approximately 110 galleries from 18 countries, with nearly a quarter being overseas-based.
• Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2025Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) held its fifth edition (November 13-16, 2025) pairing Japanese galleries with international counterparts. While Gladstone is not explicitly listed as a participant, the fair represents a type of art fair partnership model in the ecosystem.
• Venice Biennale / La Biennale di VeneziacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple Gladstone Gallery artists participated in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (May 9 – November 22, 2026), curated by Koyo Kouoh. Wangechi Mutu presented 'In Minor Keys' and Precious Okoyomon participated in the Holy See Pavilion.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hauser & Wirth: Globally operating contemporary and modern art gallery with locations in New York, London, Zurich, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Los Angeles, representing legacy and contemporary artists in a model directly comparable to Gladstone.
• Pace Gallery: Major international contemporary art gallery with multi-city presence (New York, London, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Geneva, Los Angeles) representing blue-chip contemporary artists in the same segment as Gladstone.
• Gagosian: World's largest contemporary art gallery network with 19+ locations globally, representing many of the same blue-chip contemporary artists and competing for the same HNW collector and institutional sales that anchor Gladstone's revenue.
• Marian Goodman Gallery: High-end contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, Paris, and London, representing a roster of internationally recognized contemporary artists in a model and pricing tier directly comparable to Gladstone.
• Sperone Westwater: Long-established New York contemporary art gallery representing international contemporary artists, with a similar mid-sized gallery model competing for the same collector base in Manhattan.
• Bortolami Gallery: New York-based contemporary art gallery representing established and emerging international artists, operating a comparable single-city-plus model serving the same HNW collector and institutional segments.
• Lehmann Maupin: Contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Seoul, and Hong Kong, representing international contemporary artists and competing directly for institutional placements and HNW collectors.
• Lévy Gorvy Dayan (LGDR): High-end contemporary and modern art gallery with galleries in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Geneva, operating in the same premium collector and institutional segment as Gladstone.
• White Cube: International contemporary art gallery with locations in London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris, and Seoul, representing influential contemporary and estate artists in a peer model to Gladstone's multi-city operations.
• David Zwirner: Leading contemporary art gallery with galleries in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles, representing a roster of influential contemporary artists and competing for the same museum and collector relationships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GladstoneNYC
• Instagraminstagram.com/gladstone.gallery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gladstone-gallery

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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