Fridman Gallery

What Fridman Gallery does

Fridman Gallery is a private contemporary art gallery founded in 2013 in New York City's Lower East Side at 169 Bowery. The gallery curates and sells visual, sound, and performance art, treating all three as co-equal genres, and represents both emerging and established artists across mediums including painting, sculpture, textiles, photography, video, and installation. Its programming is organized around rotating group and solo exhibitions with explicit emphasis on social consciousness and interdisciplinary collaboration. Works by represented artists have been acquired by major institutional collections including MoMA, the Whitney Museum, the Guggenheim, Brooklyn Museum, National Gallery of Art, Tate Modern, and 20+ other museums globally.

The gallery operates a dual-venue physical model with its primary New York space and a second location in Beacon, New York. It distributes and sells work through three channels: in-person exhibitions at the gallery spaces, participation in 8+ major international art fairs annually (Armory Show, 1-54, Art Basel Miami Beach, Felix, Expo Chicago, Independent, Untitled Art, Art SG), and a direct e-commerce storefront selling artworks, books, vinyl, and merchandise. A strategic partnership with the performing-arts non-profit New Ear Inc. enables a full calendar of concerts and the annual New Ear Festival, integrating sound and performance into the gallery's core programming.

The business model is commission-based on primary market art sales supplemented by online store revenue. Pricing is inquiry-based and not publicly disclosed. Marketing relies on the gallery's website, Instagram, Facebook, an email newsletter, and earned media coverage in publications such as The New York Times, ARTnews, Hyperallergic, and Artnet. The gallery has no disclosed technology platform, no proprietary software products, no API, and no AI/ML capabilities — its competitive position is built on curatorial reputation, artist relationships, and institutional placement track record rather than technology.

Name

Fridman Gallery

Legal name

Fridman Gallery

Website

https://fridmangallery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fridman Gallery is a private New York–based contemporary art gallery, founded in 2013, that curates and sells visual, sound, and performance art through two gallery locations, international art fairs, and an online store, serving individual collectors and major museum collections.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Museum, Zoo & Attraction Gift Shops (CRALAJAG)

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artist representation
• Art exhibition curation
• Sound and performance art
• Art fair participation

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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 and Commissions: Primary revenue from representing and selling works by represented artists, earning commissions on sales. The gallery represents both emerging and established artists and frequently places their work in major museum collections.
2. E-commerce Store: Online store selling artworks, publications, books, vinyl records, and other art-related merchandise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fridman Gallery is a contemporary art gallery that curates and sells visual, sound, and performance art through rotating exhibitions at its New York and Beacon gallery spaces. It represents emerging and established artists, frequently placing their work in major museum collections, and produces publications, recordings, concerts, and the annual New Ear Festival in partnership with New Ear Inc. Revenue comes primarily from commission-based sales of artworks by represented artists, supplemented by an online store and participation in international art fairs.

Product overview

Fridman Gallery is a single-location New York art gallery founded in 2013, offering a unified portfolio of gallery services rather than a modular product architecture. The core offering consists of curated exhibitions (showcasing visual, sound, and performance art), representation of emerging and established artists, a full events calendar including concerts and the annual New Ear Festival (in partnership with New Ear Inc.), an online art store for purchasing works by represented artists, and participation in international art fairs. The gallery does not offer technology products, software platforms, or digital services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibitions Curated exhibitions featuring visual art, sound art, and performance art. The gallery presents both group and solo exhibitions, often with interdisciplinary themes focused on social consciousness and innovation.
• Artist Representation Ongoing representation of emerging and established contemporary artists working across painting, sculpture, textiles, photography, video, installation, and performance. The gallery actively places represented artists' work in major museum collections globally.
• Events and Performances Full calendar of concerts, performances, artist talks, lectures, and screenings hosted in partnership with New Ear Inc., a performing-arts non-profit, including the annual New Ear Festival.
• Art Store Online store offering artworks for sale by represented artists, including paintings, sculptures, textiles, prints, and other mediums, along with books, vinyl records, and art-related merchandise.
• Art Fair Participation Participation in international art fairs including 1-54, The Armory Show, Art Basel Miami Beach, Untitled Art, Felix Art Fair, Independent, Expo Chicago, Art SG, and others, serving as a primary sales and collector engagement channel.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• New Ear Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFridman Gallery partners with New Ear Inc., a performing-arts non-profit organization, to host a full calendar of concerts and the annual New Ear Festival. This partnership is central to the gallery's interdisciplinary approach, treating sound and performance art as co-equal to visual art. The collaboration enables programming that combines visual art exhibitions with live music performances and experimental sound events.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Luhring Augustine: Contemporary art gallery in NYC's Chelsea. Comparable for representing artists whose work is held by major museums including MoMA, Tate Modern, and Guggenheim, and for engaging with experimental contemporary practice.
• Pace Gallery: Major contemporary art gallery with NYC flagship and global presence. Directly comparable as a primary dealer representing established and emerging artists across contemporary mediums with active international art fair participation.
• Tanya Bonakdar Gallery: NYC contemporary gallery known for experimental, science- and technology-engaged artists. Comparable for representing artists working across non-traditional mediums with strong international exhibition presence.
• Catharine Clark Gallery: San Francisco-based contemporary art gallery run by the same curator who curated Fridman's 2026 'Double Bind' exhibition. Closely comparable in scale and programming focus on socially engaged contemporary art.
• Lehmann Maupin: Contemporary art gallery with NYC and Asia operations focused on conceptually rigorous and often interdisciplinary artists. Closely comparable to Fridman's mix of emerging and established artist representation and museum placement focus.
• Mitchell-Innes & Nash: NYC contemporary gallery representing international emerging and mid-career artists. Comparable in scale and operations model to Fridman, including placement into major museum collections and art fair participation.

Broad incumbents

• Perrotin: Major international contemporary art gallery with NYC presence. Comparable for global artist representation across multiple contemporary mediums and active participation in premier international art fairs.
• Marian Goodman Gallery: Long-established NYC contemporary gallery with international locations. Comparable for representing influential contemporary artists with deep museum-placement track records across major global institutions.
• Gagosian: World's largest art gallery network, with extensive NYC presence. Operates in the same primary-market and museum-acquisition ecosystem, though at vastly greater scale and broader artist roster.
• David Zwirner: One of the largest global contemporary art galleries, with multiple NYC locations and worldwide outposts. Comparable for representing blue-chip contemporary artists and placing work into major museum collections, though much broader in scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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