Howard Yezerski Gallery

What Howard Yezerski Gallery does

Howard Yezerski Gallery, now operating under the DBA Anderson Yezerski Gallery, is a privately held contemporary art gallery based in Boston. Founded in 1968, the gallery presents rotating exhibitions in painting, photography, sculpture, and installation art drawn from a curated roster of approximately ten contemporary artists, including Karl Baden, Emily Eveleth, John Goodman, Campbell-Lynn McLean, Miranda Pikul, Laura Beth Reese, Rachel Rizzo, Sandra Stark, Allison Tanenhaus, and Megan Weeda. Its most recent exhibition, BAD OPTICS, runs from July 3 to August 1.

The business operates as a single-location physical gallery with limited summer hours (Wednesday through Saturday, Noon to 5pm). There is no e-commerce platform, no mobile application, no API, and no proprietary technology stack — the digital surface is limited to a website with an email newsletter subscription channel for exhibition announcements. The underlying offering is the curation and exhibition of physical artworks by represented artists.

The revenue model is commission-based art sales: the gallery earns income when collectors acquire works by its represented artists. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is available only on direct inquiry. The customer base is described as art collectors, patrons, and enthusiasts — a horizontal segmentation of individual/SMB buyers — reached via the physical gallery and a newsletter funnel. No enterprise clients, funding rounds, acquisitions, or strategic partnerships are disclosed in the available data.

Name

Howard Yezerski Gallery

Legal name

Anderson Yezerski Gallery

Website

https://howardyezerski.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Howard Yezerski Gallery (DBA Anderson Yezerski Gallery) is a Boston-based contemporary art gallery, founded 1968, representing roughly ten artists and generating revenue through commission-based art sales to individual collectors and patrons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (45992), Art Dealers (459920)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Fine art sales
• Artist representation
• Exhibition curation
• Painting sculpture

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Gallery generates revenue through the sale of artworks by represented artists, typically on a commission basis with artists.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Howard Yezerski Gallery (now operating as Anderson Yezerski Gallery) is a contemporary art gallery that represents a curated roster of artists and presents rotating exhibitions of paintings, photography, sculpture, and installation art. The gallery sells artworks directly to collectors and patrons during in-person gallery visits, and operates a physical gallery space in Boston with scheduled viewing hours.

Product overview

Anderson Yezerski Gallery operates as a single-location contemporary art gallery that showcases works by represented artists through rotating exhibitions. The gallery's primary offerings include artist representation, exhibition curation (such as the 'BAD OPTICS' group exhibition), and public viewing hours. There is no modular product architecture; the gallery operates as a unified gallery service rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contemporary Art Exhibitions
• Artist Representation and Art Sales
• BAD OPTICS Group Exhibition

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• Bromfield Gallery: A Boston cooperative contemporary art gallery hosting rotating exhibitions. Comparable regional location and exhibition-driven model, though cooperative ownership differentiates it.
• Carroll and Sons Gallery: A Boston contemporary art gallery representing a small, curated group of artists and mounting rotating exhibitions. Directly comparable in scale, single-location model, and commission-based sales.
• Gallery Kayafas: A Boston photography and contemporary art gallery exhibiting emerging and mid-career artists. Comparable operating model, regional collector base, and focus on curated exhibitions.
• Childs Gallery: A Boston gallery working with contemporary and modern artists across painting, sculpture, and works on paper. Comparable in city footprint, exhibition-driven model, and collector clientele.
• Kingston Gallery: A Boston contemporary art gallery running member-curated exhibitions. Comparable regional gallery model and contemporary programming.
• Barbara Krakow Gallery: A long-established contemporary art gallery in Boston representing a curated roster of modern and contemporary artists. Comparable to Anderson Yezerski Gallery in geography, single-location model, and target clientele of regional collectors.

Emerging players

• ICA Boston: A Boston contemporary art institution combining exhibitions of established and emerging artists with public programming. Overlaps with the gallery's regional contemporary art focus and collector audience, though nonprofit and exhibition-focused rather than commission-based sales.

Broad incumbents

• Pace Gallery: A major global commercial gallery representing blue-chip contemporary artists across multiple cities. Comparable commission-based representation model and contemporary art focus, but operates at significantly larger scale.
• David Zwirner: A leading global contemporary art gallery representing prominent artists worldwide. Comparable artist-representation and commission model, but with global footprint and institutional scale.
• Gagosian: The world's largest commercial contemporary art gallery with global locations. Comparable primary business of representing and selling contemporary art on commission, though at vastly greater scale and international reach.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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