Kate Macgarry Limited

What Kate Macgarry Limited does

Kate MacGarry is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2002 in East London, operating from a single space at 27 Old Nichol Street in Shoreditch. It represents a roster of more than 25 emerging and established artists, including two artist estates, and presents a programme of solo and group exhibitions in its physical space. The gallery's artists have been placed in major institutional collections and exhibitions including the Tate, MoMA, MCA Chicago, the Venice Biennale and the Palais de Tokyo, and the roster has been recognised through awards such as the Paul Hamlyn Award (2024), the Jarman Award (2022), the Emerging Design Medal (2025) and the Pardo Verde (2025).

The gallery's commercial infrastructure is built around three channels: in-gallery exhibitions, annual participation in a broad slate of international art fairs (Art Basel Basel/Hong Kong/Paris/Miami, Frieze London/New York/Seoul/LA, Paris+ par Art Basel, The Armory Show, FIAC and Independent), and an online viewing room / e-commerce store launched in 2024 on the Artlogic platform with Stripe payment processing. Internal tooling beyond these third-party platforms is not disclosed. The gallery was a founding member of the Gallery Climate Coalition in October 2020 and operates against a published sustainability roadmap targeting a 50% reduction in Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions by 2030 against a 2019 baseline.

The business is founder-owned and founder-led, with a small team of approximately four to five staff including the founding director, an associate director, an exhibitions and digital communications role, and a gallery assistant. Revenue is generated primarily through commissions on primary-market sales of artworks, supplemented by secondary-market activity on behalf of represented estates and occasional publications. Pricing is quote-based per artwork rather than subscription-style, and the customer base spans private collectors reached through fairs and digital channels and institutional buyers at museums and biennales. No external funding, M&A activity, or financial disclosures are present in the supplied data.

Name

Kate Macgarry Limited

Legal name

Kate MacGarry

Website

https://katemacgarry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kate MacGarry is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2002 in East London, representing over 25 emerging and established artists and selling works through exhibitions, international art fairs, and an online store.

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
• Art exhibitions
• Art fair participation
• Artwork sales

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Art Sales and Commissions: Primary revenue from selling contemporary artworks by represented artists, earning commission on sales. Gallery represents over 25 artists including estates.
2. Publications and Art Editions: Sale of art publications, monographs, and exhibition catalogues related to gallery artists

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kate MacGarry is a contemporary art gallery that represents over 25 emerging and established artists, presents curated exhibitions at its East London space, participates in major international art fairs, and sells artworks, limited editions, and publications. Founded in 2002, the gallery offers artist representation, exhibition programming, art fair presentation, and online sales of artworks and editions to collectors and institutions worldwide.

Product overview

Kate MacGarry is a contemporary art gallery based in East London, founded in 2002. The gallery offers a portfolio of interconnected services: gallery exhibitions (curated solo and group shows at its 27 Old Nichol Street space), international art fair participation (Art Basel, Frieze, FIAC), an online artwork shop and editions store, publications and catalogues for artists, and an active sustainability program aligned with the Gallery Climate Coalition. The gallery represents over 25 emerging and established artists. The offering is a unified gallery service rather than a modular software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibitions Contemporary art exhibitions presented at the gallery's East London space at 27 Old Nichol Street, showcasing emerging and established artists including solo and group presentations.
• International Art Fair Participation Representation and presentation of gallery artists at international art fairs including Art Basel, Frieze London, Frieze Masters, FIAC Paris, and others.
• Artwork Shop / Editions Online shop for artworks and limited editions by gallery artists, with checkout powered by Stripe payment processing supporting Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.
• Publications Store Sale of catalogues, monographs, and publications related to gallery artists, available for purchase through the gallery's online store.

Quantifiable outcome

• Artists represented have gone on to exhibit at leading international institutions including MoMA, Tate, MCA Chicago, Prada Foundation, Barbican, New Museum, Venice Biennale

Named customers12 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Gallery Climate Coalition (GCC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2020Kate MacGarry is a founding and active member of the Gallery Climate Coalition, a non-profit organisation launched on 22 October 2020. The coalition aims to develop meaningful, industry-specific responses to the climate crisis, with a core goal of collectively reducing carbon emissions by 50% over ten years in line with the Paris Agreement, and promoting near zero-waste practices. The gallery is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and waste in line with GCC's aim to reduce the sector's carbon emissions by at least 50% by 2030.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hauser & Wirth: Global mega-gallery with multiple locations and a broad contemporary and modern programme. Directly competes for blue-chip emerging artists and international institutional buyers, but at far larger scale.
• David Zwirner: Global contemporary mega-gallery with deep capital, primary-market influence, and active primary representation of artists at a similar career stage to those shown by Kate MacGarry.
• Pace Gallery: Global contemporary gallery competing for the same institutional and collector demand that Kate MacGarry addresses; operates at much larger scale with deep capital and global outposts.
• White Cube: Major London-headquartered contemporary gallery with multiple global outposts and a much larger represented-artist roster. Overlaps with Kate MacGarry on artist recruitment, art-fair presence, and collector base.

Direct peers

• Galerie Lelong & Co. Established contemporary gallery with Paris and New York locations representing mid-career and established artists; comparable founder-era identity and institutional placement profile, with broader geographic footprint.
• Stephen Friedman Gallery: London-based contemporary gallery representing a comparable mix of emerging and established international artists, with a strong institutional placement track record and active art-fair participation.
• Victoria Miro: London contemporary gallery with a comparable represented-artist model and Venice presence; slightly larger scale but overlapping artist-development approach and collector base.
• Herald St: Contemporary art gallery with a flagship in Bethnal Green, London, representing emerging and established artists on a similar artist-roster scale. Directly comparable in curatorial positioning and East London identity.
• Sadie Coles HQ: London contemporary art gallery with similar founder-led identity, established artist roster, and active art-fair programme at Art Basel and Frieze. Operates at slightly larger scale but in the same competitive set.
• Maureen Paley: East London contemporary art gallery of similar vintage and scale, representing international artists with a comparable Shoreditch programme and art-fair presence. Closest like-for-like comparable to Kate MacGarry.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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