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What maybaum home does

Maybaum Gallery is a privately held contemporary art gallery founded in 2018 by Christina Maybaum and headquartered in San Francisco. The gallery represents a roster of emerging and mid-career artists with a curatorial focus on process-driven work that emphasizes the artist's hand, and it operates two physical locations: the flagship at 49 Geary Street in the historic 49 Geary building, and a satellite location at 48 Stockton Street in the former Barneys New York building at Union Square, which opened in October 2025. Customers include private art collectors, corporate collectors (e.g., Genentech, ClimateWorks Foundation, Morgan Stanley Corporate Collection, Stanford Medical Center), and institutional buyers such as Crocker Museum and Crystal Bridges Museum.

The gallery's product surface comprises rotating exhibitions at both San Francisco locations, online viewing rooms powered by Artlogic's gallery management platform, participation in major US art fairs (Art Miami, Seattle Art Fair, Art Market San Francisco, Future Fair NYC, Dallas Art Fair, Intersect Aspen), and private art consulting services for collectors. The underlying technology is conventional: the Artlogic platform provides website hosting, the online viewing room, and inquiry handling, and there are no disclosed proprietary technology components, AI/ML capabilities, or novel platform architecture. Distribution runs through two physical storefronts, art fair booths, and the digital viewing room channel, with marketing driven by organic social (Instagram, Facebook), email mailing list, and earned media in publications including the New York Times, Wired, Hyperallergic, Artsy, and Modern Luxury.

The business model is built on two revenue streams: (1) transactional art sales of represented artists' works—paintings, sculptures, photography, and mixed media—sold through gallery exhibitions and art fairs, and (2) fee-based private art consulting services for collectors building personalized collections. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by artist, medium, and size. Go-to-market is event-driven, anchored by art fair participation and rotating exhibitions, and the business is founder-owned with no disclosed funding rounds or external institutional investment.

Name

maybaum home

Legal name

Maybaum Gallery

Website

https://maybaumgallery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Maybaum Gallery is a privately held contemporary art gallery in San Francisco, founded in 2018 by Christina Maybaum. It represents emerging and mid-career artists across two gallery locations, national art fairs, online viewing rooms, and private consulting, serving private collectors, corporate collections, and museums.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Art consulting services
• Art exhibitions
• Fine art sales
• Art fair participation

Headquarters

HQ city

South San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Primary revenue from selling artwork by represented emerging and mid-career artists, including paintings, sculptures, photography, and mixed media works.
2. Art Consulting Services: Private art consulting services provided to clients to build personalized, informed collections.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Maybaum Gallery is a contemporary art gallery that represents and sells work by an international roster of emerging and mid-career process-driven artists across painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media. The gallery mounts physical exhibitions across two San Francisco locations, maintains online viewing rooms, participates in art fairs, and offers private art consulting for individual and corporate collectors.

Product overview

Maybaum Gallery is a contemporary art gallery operating as a unified service offering rather than a modular product. Founded in 2018 by Christina Maybaum, the gallery represents emerging and mid-career artists with a focus on process-driven work. The core service comprises physical gallery exhibitions at two San Francisco locations (49 Geary Street and the satellite space at 48 Stockton Street in the former Barneys building), supplemented by online viewing rooms, participation in national art fairs, and private art consulting services. The gallery program is centered around encouraging the understanding, accessibility, and appreciation of contemporary art.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibitions Rotating physical exhibitions of contemporary paintings, sculptures, photography, and mixed media works by represented emerging and mid-career artists, presented at the gallery's two San Francisco locations (49 Geary Street and 48 Stockton Street in Union Square). Open to private collectors, corporate collectors, museum curators, and the public.
• Online Viewing Rooms Digital online viewing rooms accessible via the gallery's website, allowing collectors worldwide to browse and inquire about available contemporary artworks from represented artists. Extends the gallery's reach beyond its physical San Francisco locations.
• Art Fair Participation Booth presentations at art fairs to exhibit represented artists' work to broader audiences of collectors, curators, and institutional buyers. Generates visibility and sales opportunities beyond the gallery's home market.
• Private Art Consulting Personalized art advisory service for individual private collectors and corporate clients seeking guidance on contemporary art acquisitions, collection strategy, and artist selection. Leverages Christina Maybaum's expertise and network across nearly two decades in the contemporary art world.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple artist works acquired by major museums including Crocker Museum and Crystal Bridges Museum
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaybaum Gallery artist Sanjay Vora collaborated with SFAC and Recreation and Park Department on public art initiatives. Gallery maintains SFADA (San Francisco Art Dealers Alliance) membership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Pace Gallery: Global contemporary art gallery representing established and emerging artists with multiple international locations and a major fair presence. Competes for collector attention and artist representation at Maybaum's fairs.
• David Zwirner: Major international contemporary art gallery with multiple global locations and significant primary market share. Competes for top emerging artists and participates in the same national art fair circuit as Maybaum.
• Gagosian: Largest global network of contemporary art galleries with locations across the US, Europe, and Asia. Competes for the same collector and artist pool at the high end of the market; broad incumbent with overlapping fair and exhibition participation.

Direct peers

• Fraenkel Gallery: San Francisco gallery specializing in photography and contemporary art, also located in the 49 Geary building. Operates in the same building, the same primary market, and serves an overlapping collector base.
• Hosfelt Gallery: Long-running contemporary art gallery in San Francisco's downtown district with a program spanning international emerging and mid-career artists. Comparable in scale, location, and primary sales model.
• John Berggruen Gallery: Iconic San Francisco gallery showcasing modern and contemporary works by established and mid-career artists. Comparable footprint, geography, and exhibition-driven sales model in the same SF primary market.
• Catharine Clark Gallery: San Francisco-based contemporary art gallery presenting emerging and mid-career artists across media. Comparable in scale, program focus, and Bay Area collector market.
• Jessica Silverman Gallery: San Francisco-based contemporary art gallery representing emerging and mid-career artists with a curatorial, scholarly approach. Directly comparable as a similarly sized SF gallery operating in the same primary/secondary market segment with overlapping collector bases.
• Gallery Wendi Norris: San Francisco contemporary art gallery representing mid-career and emerging international artists. Operates in the same SF primary market and competing fairs with overlapping curatorial approaches.
• Altman Siegel: Established contemporary art gallery in San Francisco representing mid-career and emerging artists with a program focused on conceptually rigorous, process-driven work. Closely mirrors Maybaum's curatorial thesis and Bay Area market position.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MaybaumGallery
• Instagraminstagram.com/maybaumgallery/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maybaum-gallery

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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