Galleri Gkm Ab

What Galleri Gkm Ab does

Galleri GKM Ab is a privately held Swedish contemporary art gallery founded in 1967 and operated by the Bergström family. The business curates, represents, and sells original works, limited editions, prints, and sculptures from approximately 35 international modern and contemporary artists — including Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Arman, César, Corneille, Joan Miró, Sam Francis, and Hunt Slonem — as well as publishing art-related catalogs. The company maintains a Stockholm headquarters gallery (Karlavägen 74, open by appointment) with additional offices in Malmö and Paris, and operates an e-commerce storefront of 415+ artworks with worldwide shipping and a 14-day return policy.

The business generates revenue through two primary streams: direct artwork sales (one-time transactions across a wide price spectrum from €55 to €10,000+) and art acquisition services in which the gallery buys directly from collectors, offering an alternative to auction houses (avoiding 25–30% hammer fees and 4–6 month consignment periods). Supplementary offerings include professional art consulting and valuation services (with Thomas Bergström officially nominated as a valuer by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce), virtual exhibitions (including an annual World Art Day series), and an art purchase program.

Distribution operates through a hybrid physical-and-digital channel mix: appointment-based gallery visits in Stockholm, direct field sales via the Paris office for European collectors, an e-commerce website serving global buyers, and an Instagram presence (@gallerigkm) plus email newsletters as top-of-funnel marketing. Core partnerships include Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. (Murakami publisher), Arman Studio Archives New York (authentication), and Bernardaud (Jeff Koons Split-Rocker porcelain vase). There is no technology platform layer, no AI capability, no disclosed funding, and no public financial reporting; the company is entirely family-controlled and family-operated.

Name

Galleri Gkm Ab

Legal name

Galleri GKM Ab

Website

https://gkm.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Galleri GKM Ab is a family-owned Swedish contemporary art gallery founded in 1967 that represents and sells works by ~35 international artists through galleries in Stockholm, Malmö, and Paris, plus a global e-commerce store.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Gallery Retail

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAJADAH

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Museums, Galleries & Cultural Institutions

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Artwork sales
• Art consulting
• Art valuation services
• Limited edition prints

Headquarters

HQ city

Malmö

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Primary revenue from selling artworks including paintings, sculptures, prints, and limited editions by represented artists. Sales conducted through gallery showrooms, online store, and direct collector transactions.
2. Art Acquisition Services: The gallery buys art directly from sellers, offering to avoid auction house fees, taxes, transport arrangements, freight costs and risks of unsold works.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Galleri GKM Ab is a Swedish contemporary art gallery that curates and sells paintings, sculptures, prints, limited editions, and art publications from a roster of 35+ international modern and contemporary artists. Offerings are distributed through a Stockholm showroom (by appointment), offices in Malmö and Paris, and an online webshop of 415+ artworks, complemented by art consulting/valuation services and a direct art purchase program for collectors.

Product overview

Galleri GKM operates as an art gallery and e-commerce platform offering contemporary artwork sales. The core offering is the artwork sales platform featuring over 415 works including paintings, sculptures, prints, and multi-media pieces from approximately 35+ represented artists such as Jeff Koons, Arman, Takashi Murakami, Corneille, William Sweetlove, and James Coignard. The gallery supplements sales with virtual exhibition experiences, art consulting services with professional valuation, an art purchase program for direct buying from collectors, and art publications. The business model combines physical gallery presence (by appointment in Stockholm, with offices in Malmo and Paris) with online commerce.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contemporary Artwork Sales (Online Store) E-commerce platform offering more than 415 contemporary artworks, including paintings, sculptures, prints, and limited editions by represented artists such as Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Arman, César, and Corneille, for purchase by collectors worldwide.
• Art Consulting and Valuation Services Professional advisory services providing collectors with guidance on acquiring and valuing contemporary artworks, including formal valuation led by a Swedish Chamber of Commerce–nominated valuer.
• Direct Art Purchase Program Service through which Galleri GKM purchases artworks directly from collectors, offering an alternative to auction houses by avoiding typical 25–30% hammer-price commissions, 4–6 month consignment periods, and associated transport, freight, and unsold-work risks.
• Art Publications Publication and sale of art-related books and catalogs that document the gallery's represented artists and exhibitions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.coreTechnology or IntegrationTokyo-based publisher of Takashi Murakami artworks. Galleri GKM sells Murakami Flowerball (3D) prints published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., including Diasec-mounted limited editions.
• Arman Studio Archives (New York)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial studio archives for artist Arman. Galleri GKM sells Arman works that are recorded in the Arman Studio Archives New York, providing authentication and provenance documentation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Andréhn-Schiptjenko: Stockholm-based contemporary art gallery representing an international roster of established and mid-career artists. Comparable in city, European footprint, and representation-driven model.
• Galerie Forsblom: Nordic contemporary art gallery with parallel Stockholm and Helsinki presence and a similarly sized roster of established international artists. Most directly comparable peer by geography, scale, and program.

Broad incumbents

• Galerie Perrotin: Paris-founded global contemporary art gallery with a much larger footprint and blue-chip roster including Murakami and Koons. Operates in the same primary and secondary contemporary market but at far greater scale and reach.
• David Zwirner: Major New York- and London-based contemporary gallery with an online sales platform that competes with Galleri GKM's e-commerce shop in the same collector demographic.
• Hauser & Wirth: Global contemporary and modern gallery with strong European roots and a published-prints / editions program that mirrors GKM's art publications and limited edition offerings.
• Lévy Gorvy Dayan: International contemporary and postwar gallery with active primary and secondary market activity in the same modern masters segment where GKM transacts.
• Gagosian: The world's largest contemporary art gallery network, with primary market representation overlapping GKM's roster (e.g., Koons-adjacent contemporary names) and unmatched institutional reach.
• Pace Gallery: Global blue-chip contemporary gallery representing many of the same modern masters (e.g., members of GKM's roster's generational cohort) and competing for high-end collectors in the same segment.

Others

• Christie's: Major global auction house competing with Galleri GKM for high-end collector transactions; its secondary market commission structure is the very pricing benchmark GKM's "We Buy Art" program is positioned against.

Emerging players

• Artsy: Online art marketplace aggregating thousands of galleries (including GKM-sized peers) and offering collectors discovery, price transparency, and online checkout — a structural challenger to traditional gallery intermediation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/gallerigkm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/galleri-gkm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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