Addison/Ripley Fine Art

What Addison/Ripley Fine Art does

Addison/Ripley Fine Art, operating as A/R, is a privately held contemporary art gallery founded around 1980 in Washington, D.C., that represents over 70 artists and exhibits paintings, photography, drawings, prints, and sculpture. The gallery occupies a single physical location at 1670 Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown, with a represented roster that includes blue-chip figures such as Wolf Kahn, Sam Gilliam, Damien Hirst, and Helmut Newton alongside regional DMV-based creators.

In October 2025 the gallery merged with its digital brand ARTX3 and relaunched as A/R, unveiling a digital art platform that supports multiscreen exhibitions and online sales. The platform is built through partnerships with Sedition Art (digital art distribution), Muse Frames (digital art display hardware), and StudioLab RD (co-located technology collaborator at the Georgetown address). The website, built on ArtCloud, provides inventory listings, artist profiles, exhibition schedules, and an inquiry-driven purchase flow that complements in-person viewing.

The business operates a direct-to-consumer model, generating revenue through one-time sales of original artworks and prints at price points ranging from approximately $250 to over $50,000. Its customer base consists primarily of affluent individual collectors and art enthusiasts in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, with horizontal segmentation across traditional fine art and emerging digital art experiences. The company is independently owned, employs 1-10 people, and has not disclosed revenue, funding, or external investment.

Name

Addison/Ripley Fine Art

Legal name

Addison/Ripley Fine Art

Website

https://addisonripleyfineart.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

A/R Addison/Ripley Fine Art is a privately held Washington, D.C. contemporary art gallery representing 70+ artists across painting, photography, and sculpture, now operating a hybrid physical gallery and digital art platform built on partnerships with ARTX3, Sedition Art, and Muse Frames to serve affluent collectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Art Museums (THAJADAA)

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Fine art sales
• Art exhibitions
• Artist representation
• Digital art platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fine Art Sales: Primary revenue from selling original artwork and prints from represented artists through the physical gallery and digital platform. Gallery operates a curated inventory of works from internationally known artists and DMV-based creators.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Addison/Ripley Fine Art (now operating as A/R) is a Washington D.C. contemporary art gallery that exhibits and sells paintings, photography, drawings, sculpture, and digital artworks from over 70 represented artists. Following a 2025 merger with digital brand ARTX3, the gallery combines a physical storefront in Georgetown with a digital art platform enabling multiscreen exhibitions through partnerships with Sedition Art and Muse Frames.

Product overview

Addison/Ripley Fine Art (now operating as A/R) is a Washington D.C. art gallery that has served the arts community for over four decades. Following a 2024 merger with its digital brand ARTX3, the company operates as a hybrid gallery combining traditional art sales with a digital art platform. The offering includes artist representation featuring over 70 artists, a physical gallery at 1670 Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown, rotating exhibitions, and a newly launched digital art platform enabling multiscreen digital exhibitions through partnerships with Sedition Art and Muse Frames. The core products work together to serve collectors seeking both traditional and digital art experiences, with services spanning representation, sales, exhibitions, and curated collections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ARTX3: Digital brand that merged with Addison/Ripley Fine Art to form A/R.

Products and services

• A/R Fine Art Gallery

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Sedition ArtcoreTechnology or Integration · 20 October 2025Digital art platform partnership enabling the display and sale of digital artwork through Sedition Art's platform, integrated with the A/R gallery experience and Muse Frames hardware.
• Muse FramescoreTechnology or Integration · 20 October 2025Partnership for digital art display hardware enabling multiscreen exhibitions at the gallery and potentially for collectors displaying digital art in their homes.
• StudioLab RDcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 October 2025Tenants in common at 1670 Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown, establishing the gallery as a destination combining traditional and digital art experiences in collaboration with StudioLab RD.
• ARTX3coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 October 2025Digital brand ARTX3 merged with Addison/Ripley Fine Art to form A/R, bringing digital art platform capabilities and expertise that enabled the gallery's relaunch with digital offerings.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pace Gallery: Global blue-chip contemporary art gallery representing internationally known artists. Comparable artist-representation model but at vastly greater scale and with primary-market blue-chip positioning.
• Saatchi Art: Large online art marketplace selling original art from global artists. Provides price-discovery and broader collector reach that single-location galleries cannot match on their own.
• Artnet: Online art market data and auction platform. Comparable as digital infrastructure connecting galleries and collectors, and a potential competitive channel for selling listed inventory.
• Artsy: Global online art marketplace aggregating primary and secondary market works from thousands of galleries. Represents the broader digital channel where galleries like A/R either list or compete for online collector attention.

Direct peers

• Gallery Neptune & Brown: DC-based contemporary art gallery showing painting, sculpture, and works on paper. Comparable in scale, operating model, and regional positioning to Addison/Ripley's traditional gallery business.
• Hemphill Fine Arts: Washington DC contemporary art gallery representing established and mid-career artists. Directly comparable to A/R as another Georgetown-area commercial gallery with similar programming of rotating exhibitions and traditional fine art sales.
• Maurine Littleton Gallery: Georgetown contemporary craft and art gallery. Operates in the same neighborhood and shares a similar direct-to-consumer gallery model for collectors purchasing original artwork.
• Georgetown Frame Shop / Long View Gallery: DC contemporary art gallery hosting rotating exhibitions of paintings, photography, and mixed media. Comparable operating model and DMV collector customer base.

Emerging players

• ArtBlocks: Leading generative and digital art platform. Comparable as an emerging digital art venue where collectors purchase programmatic and digital artworks, representing the broader category A/R is moving into via its digital relaunch.
• Sedition Art: Digital art platform for limited-edition digital works. Directly comparable as A/R's partner for digital art sales and multiscreen exhibitions, representing the emerging digital art distribution channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/addisonripleyfineart
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/addison-ripley-fine-art

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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