What Pilar Corrias does

Pilar Corrias is a London-based contemporary art gallery founded in 2008 by Pilar Corrias. The gallery operates two physical locations in London's West End: a flagship at 51 Conduit Street in Mayfair (opened October 2023 with a Christina Quarles exhibition) and a secondary space at 2 Savile Row. It represents a curated roster of internationally recognized contemporary artists — including Tschabalala Self, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Christina Quarles, Philippe Parreno, Sofia Mitsola, Tala Madani, Alexis Ralaivao, and Manuel Mathieu — and sells works through both primary market (direct from artists) and secondary market transactions. Distribution is conducted via gallery direct sales, participation in international art fairs (including Paris+ par Art Basel), and an online viewing room with an inquiry-based sales model rather than public e-commerce pricing.

The gallery's technology stack is light: operations run on Artlogic gallery management software for inventory, exhibitions, and client management, supplemented by a website with viewing room, social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, WeChat), and email newsletters. The business is GDPR-compliant and registered as a private limited company in England and Wales (No. 6356664). It serves private collectors and family offices (primary segment), museums and public institutions (primary segment for institutional acquisitions and exhibitions), and corporate collections (secondary segment).

The gallery's economic engine is artist representation and primary market sales, with secondary market activity providing a transaction-fee stream. Revenue is undisclosed in all source materials, and the gallery is privately held by its founder with no institutional investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity disclosed. Institutional validation — including the Fourth Plinth commission (Tschabalala Self, 2026), the Courtauld Commission 2026 (Ella Walker), the National Pavilion of Qatar at the 61st Venice Biennale (Rirkrit Tiravanija, 2026), and LACMA acquisition of Christina Quarles — drives both artist career trajectory and the gallery's brand equity in the international contemporary art market.

Name

Pilar Corrias

Legal name

Pilar Corrias Gallery

Website

https://pilarcorrias.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pilar Corrias is a London-based contemporary art gallery founded in 2008 that represents internationally recognized artists and sells primary and secondary market works to private collectors, museums, and institutions through two Mayfair gallery spaces, art fairs, and direct inquiry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (45992)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation
• Primary market sales
• Art exhibition services
• Art dealer services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Primary market art sales: Sale of artworks directly from represented artists, typically through gallery exhibitions and private sales to collectors and institutions.
2. Secondary market art sales: Resale of artworks by represented artists in the secondary market.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pilar Corrias is a contemporary art gallery that represents a roster of international artists and sells their works through two physical gallery spaces in London (Conduit Street and Savile Row), an online viewing room, and participation in international art fairs. The gallery curates solo and group exhibitions, manages primary and secondary market sales, and publishes exhibition catalogues and monographs documenting its artists' practices.

Product overview

Pilar Corrias is a contemporary art gallery operating as a single unified offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core service is the gallery itself, which combines artist representation with physical exhibition spaces at two London locations (Conduit Street and Savile Row). The gallery's portfolio consists of artist representation, exhibition services, art fair participation, publications, and a viewing room for digital artwork presentation. The represented artists work across various mediums including painting, sculpture, video, animation, and installation art.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Art Gallery and Exhibition Services Contemporary art gallery operating two London exhibition spaces (51 Conduit Street, Mayfair and 2 Savile Row) presenting solo and group exhibitions of works by represented artists for collectors, museums, and institutions.
• Artist Representation

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Olney GleasoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2026Joint representation partnership for artist Alexis Ralaivao (b. 1991, Rennes), alongside Olney Gleason's New York gallery. Ralaivao's first UK solo exhibition 'Flirter avec l'abstrait' is currently on view at Pilar Corrias's Conduit Street gallery.
• New MuseummajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor site-specific commission for Tschabalala Self's 'Art Lovers' sculpture at the New Museum's Facade Sculpture Program. The sculpture depicts a romantic scene of a couple embracing, mirroring the 'kiss point' where the SANAA building meets OMA expansion.
• Avant ArtemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAvant Arte commissioned Tschabalala Self's first public sculpture 'Seated' (2022), installed at Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross, London. The bronze monument represents women asserting their right to take up space.
• The Courtauld GallerymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist Ella Walker undertaking Courtauld Commission 2026, creating two site-specific commissions for The John Browne Entrance Hall and Ticketing Hall, opening 3 September 2026.
• LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChristina Quarles's 'Now We're There (And We're Only Just Begun)' (2023) featured in inaugural exhibition at LACMA's new W.M. Keck Foundation Gallery, recently acquired by the museum.
• National Pavilion of QatarmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRirkrit Tiravanija selected for National Pavilion of Qatar at Venice Biennale 61st edition, bringing together musicians, poets, chefs, and artists from the Arab world.
• ArtlogicsupportingTechnology or IntegrationGallery website and operations powered by Artlogic gallery management software for inventory, exhibitions, and client management.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pace Gallery: Global contemporary gallery with London presence, representing major artists and securing institutional commissions globally — directly comparable to Pilar Corrias's positioning but at significantly larger scale.
• Hauser & Wirth: Global mega-gallery with London presence and a contemporary artist roster that overlaps significantly with Pilar Corrias's world; broader footprint provides a benchmark for what scaled gallery operations look like.
• David Zwirner: Major global contemporary gallery with a London gallery; competes for blue-chip artists, institutional commissions, and top collectors at the higher end of the market in which Pilar Corrias operates.
• Thaddaeus Ropac: London- and Salzburg-based contemporary gallery representing international artists across multiple spaces, with comparable artist roster and primary-market sales model.

Direct peers

• White Cube: London-headquartered contemporary art gallery with multiple spaces, representing internationally recognized artists and operating on a similar primary-market dealer model targeting collectors and institutions.
• Lisson Gallery: London-based contemporary art gallery founded around the same era, representing a stable of internationally exhibited artists and selling through exhibitions, fairs, and institutional placements.
• Stephen Friedman Gallery: London contemporary art gallery with a closely comparable size, operating primary-market sales from Mayfair-area spaces to collectors and museums.
• Sadie Coles HQ: Contemporary art gallery operating from central London, with a comparable size and roster of international artists, targeting collectors and institutions through exhibitions and art fair participation.
• Victoria Miro: London-based contemporary art gallery with gallery spaces in central London and Venice, representing established and emerging international artists in the same primary-market sales model as Pilar Corrias.

Emerging players

• Olney Gleason: New York gallery co-representing artist Alexis Ralaivao with Pilar Corrias; a complementary emerging player building roster with similar artist-development focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PilarCorriasGallery
• Instagraminstagram.com/pilarcorriasgallery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pilar-corrias-limited

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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