The Craighead-green Gallery Inc

What The Craighead-green Gallery Inc does

Craighead Green Gallery Inc is a privately held contemporary art gallery founded in 1992 in Dallas, Texas, by Kenneth Craighead and Steve Green. The gallery operates from a single location at 167 Parkhouse Street in the Dallas Design District, relocated there in May 2024 from a prior 6,000 sq ft warehouse on Dragon Street. It represents more than fifty mid-career contemporary artists working across painting, archival pigment prints, sculpture, ceramics, glass, and mixed media, and curates a continuous calendar of rotating exhibitions.

The gallery's core services are exhibitions and artist representation, supplemented by art advisory for private collectors, corporate collection consulting, framing assistance, and delivery and installation. Annual programming includes the New Texas Talent juried exhibition, which has run for over three decades and serves as a pipeline for emerging artists. Distribution is primarily through the physical gallery with walk-in and appointment-based sales, complemented by online available-work listings via Primer.gallery and a "Gallery Voices" video series on YouTube featuring artist talks and panel discussions. Pricing is transaction-based and quote-driven rather than publicly listed.

The business operates on a commission-based revenue model, taking a margin on sales of represented artists' work across paintings, prints, and sculpture. Customer segments are private collectors (first-time buyers through experienced collectors) and corporate clients building workplace collections. The gallery is a founding member of the Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas (CADD) and has been recognized by D Magazine as Best Art Gallery in Dallas in 2022 and 2023, with a 2025 Obelisk Award from the Business Council for the Arts. In January 2025, William Bardin became sole owner and director, succeeding the founders' co-ownership structure.

Name

The Craighead-green Gallery Inc

Legal name

Craighead Green Gallery Inc

Website

https://craigheadgreen.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Craighead Green Gallery is a Dallas-based contemporary art gallery, founded 1992, representing over 50 mid-career artists across painting, sculpture, and mixed media. It serves private collectors and corporate clients through exhibitions, advisory, framing, and installation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery Services

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation
• Art advisory services
• Corporate art consulting
• Art exhibitions curation

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Art Sales and Representation: The gallery generates revenue by representing and selling works from over 50 mid-career contemporary artists. Revenue comes from commissions on sales of paintings, archival pigment prints, and sculptures. The gallery also provides art consulting services for corporate collections.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Craighead Green Gallery operates a contemporary art gallery in the Dallas Design District, representing over 50 mid-career artists working in painting, archival pigment prints, sculpture, ceramics, glass, and mixed media. The gallery curates rotating exhibitions, including the long-running annual New Texas Talent juried exhibition, and sells artwork on commission. It also provides private collector guidance, corporate collection consulting, delivery and installation, and framing services.

Product overview

Craighead Green Gallery is a contemporary art gallery offering a unified suite of services centered on exhibitions, artist representation, and art advisory. The gallery presents rotating exhibitions featuring its roster of over fifty mid-career artists working across painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass, and mixed media. Annual programming includes the New Texas Talent juried exhibition for emerging artists. The gallery provides private collector guidance, corporate collection consulting, delivery/installation services, and framing assistance. Video content featuring artist talks and panel discussions is available through the Gallery Voices platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibitions

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CADD (Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member of CADD, an organization of contemporary art dealers in Dallas. This membership provides networking and credibility within the regional art community.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Gagosian: Global network of contemporary art galleries representing blue-chip artists across multiple cities. Sets the ceiling on contemporary gallery economics and competes indirectly for high-net-worth collectors that Craighead Green also serves.
• Pace Gallery: Major international contemporary art gallery with a global footprint and a broad artist program. Comparable as a benchmark for what scaled contemporary gallery operations look like, even though the scale vastly exceeds Craighead Green's.
• David Zwirner: Leading global contemporary gallery representing major living artists. Provides a reference point for pricing, programming cadence, and artist representation models in the upper tier of the contemporary market.

Emerging players

• 1stDibs: Online marketplace for high-end art, furniture, and decorative objects. Represents the secular shift toward online discovery and purchase that small physical galleries must navigate and integrate with.
• Artsy: Online marketplace connecting collectors with galleries and artists globally. Functions both as a sales channel that smaller galleries like Craighead Green can leverage and as a competitive force that pressures traditional gallery economics.

Direct peers

• Holly Johnson Gallery: Dallas gallery representing contemporary artists across painting, sculpture, and works on paper. Direct peer in the Dallas Design District / Arts District ecosystem, competing for similar collectors.
• Conduit Gallery: Dallas contemporary gallery focused on emerging and mid-career artists with an active exhibition program and corporate consulting. Comparable in scale, programming style, and target clientele to Craighead Green.
• Barry Whistler Gallery: Dallas contemporary gallery presenting mid-career and emerging Texas artists with an exhibition-driven model. Closely aligned programming and roster strategy to Craighead Green.
• PDX Contemporary Art: Regional contemporary gallery with a similar mid-size model — represented artist roster, juried emerging-artist programming, and corporate consulting. Closely comparable in operating profile to a Dallas peer like Craighead Green.
• Valley House Gallery: Long-established Dallas-based contemporary art gallery representing a mix of Texas and international artists. Directly comparable as a similarly positioned regional gallery competing for the same Dallas collectors and corporate accounts.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@craigheadgreengallery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/craighead-green

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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