Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Llc

What Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Llc does

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts LLC is a privately held contemporary art gallery founded in 1987 as Art Waves/Ethan Cohen in SoHo, New York City, by Ethan Cohen. The gallery operates three physical locations — two in Manhattan's Chelsea district (225 West 17th Street and 251 West 19th Street) and a third at the KuBe Art Center in Beacon, New York — and is known for representing both emerging and internationally established contemporary artists across sculpture, painting, photography, video, and installation. The gallery has historical significance as the first to present the Chinese Avant-Garde of the 1980s to the United States, and its current programming includes thematic curatorial projects such as the Afrofuturism group exhibition.

The gallery generates revenue primarily through commissions on art sales to private collectors, museums, and cultural institutions. Its distribution spans physical gallery retail (Chelsea storefronts and the Beacon KuBe location), the Artsy online marketplace for global collector reach, and participation in international art fairs including Volta New York and Art Basel. Marketing is conducted through social media (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), email newsletters, and earned media coverage in outlets such as the New York Times, Brooklyn Rail, Artsy, Whitehot Magazine, and CBS News. There is no proprietary technology stack; gallery operations are supported by the Artlogic website platform.

The customer base is concentrated among high-net-worth private collectors (with documented buyers including Bill Clinton, Steven A. Cohen, Maluma, and Andrea Bocelli) and institutional collectors (the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Forbes Magazine Collection). Operating geographies span the United States as the primary market, with artist representation and program reach extending to China, Nigeria, Peru, Italy, Turkey, Côte d'Ivoire, and Mexico. The company remains founder-led and privately owned with 1-10 employees and no external institutional investment.

Name

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Llc

Legal name

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts LLC

Website

https://ecfa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts LLC is a privately held contemporary art gallery founded in 1987 in New York City, operating three locations in Chelsea and Beacon, NY. It represents emerging and established artists, generates revenue through art-sale commissions, and serves high-net-worth collectors and cultural institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Fine art sales
• Artist representation
• Art exhibition services
• Art collection advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Art Sales and Commissions: Primary revenue from selling artwork by represented artists, typically earning commission on sales. Gallery facilitates transactions between artists and collectors, museums, and institutions.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts operates a contemporary art gallery that curates and presents exhibitions of sculpture, painting, photography, video, and installation works by emerging and internationally renowned artists across three locations in New York City and Beacon, NY. The gallery represents artists and facilitates the sale of their work to private collectors, museums, and cultural institutions, while providing curatorial guidance, exhibition programming, and participation in international art fairs.

Product overview

Ethan Cohen Gallery is a contemporary art gallery operating three locations: two in New York City's Chelsea district (225 West 17th Street and 251 West 19th Street) and one at the KuBe Art Center in Beacon, NY. The gallery offers a portfolio of products and services centered on exhibiting and selling contemporary art, representing both emerging and internationally renowned artists working across sculpture, painting, photography, video, and installation. The core offerings include curated gallery exhibitions, artist representation, art sales to private collectors and institutions, and participation in global art fairs. The gallery was founded in 1987 and has a distinctive position in contemporary art as a center of innovation across disciplines and countries, with particular historical significance in Chinese avant-garde art.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gallery Exhibitions

Named customers6 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

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lehmann Maupin: Lehmann Maupin is a contemporary gallery with locations in Chelsea, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London. Comparable as a gallery representing international contemporary artists with cross-cultural programming and global fair presence.
• Marian Goodman Gallery: Marian Goodman is a Chelsea-based contemporary gallery with strong representation of European and American post-war and contemporary artists. Highly comparable as a Chelsea contemporary gallery with cross-cultural curatorial reach and global art fair participation.
• Kasmin Gallery: Kasmin is a Chelsea-based contemporary gallery representing international contemporary and modern artists with a long New York history. Comparable as an established Chelsea gallery showing contemporary sculpture, painting, and mixed media artists.
• Skarstedt Gallery: Skarstedt is a Chelsea and Upper East Side contemporary gallery representing established post-war and contemporary artists. Comparable as a New York contemporary gallery with international fair participation and institutional programming.
• Sperone Westwater Gallery: Sperone Westwater is a contemporary gallery in the Bowery and Chelsea districts of New York representing international contemporary artists. Comparable as a long-established New York contemporary gallery showing international artists in multiple media.
• Pace Gallery: Pace is a leading Chelsea-based contemporary art gallery representing established and emerging artists across multiple media. Directly comparable as a Chelsea-located gallery showing contemporary artists and participating in global art fairs, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Tina Kim Gallery: Tina Kim Gallery is a Chelsea-based contemporary gallery specializing in international contemporary art with strong Korean and East Asian programming. Highly comparable as a Chelsea gallery with cross-cultural curatorial focus and emerging/established artist mix.

Broad incumbents

• Gagosian: Gagosian is the world's largest contemporary art gallery with global outposts and a roster of blue-chip contemporary artists. Comparable as a contemporary gallery with Chelsea presence, global art fair participation, and ultra-high-net-worth collector base, though at vastly larger scale.
• Hauser & Wirth: Hauser & Wirth is a global contemporary gallery with New York (Chelsea) presence alongside multiple international locations. Comparable as a contemporary gallery showing international artists in multiple media with strong press presence, though at significantly larger scale.
• David Zwirner: David Zwirner is a global contemporary gallery with Chelsea and additional New York locations. Comparable as a New York contemporary gallery with international outposts, blue-chip roster, and major art fair presence, though operating at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/ethancohenfineart
• Facebookfacebook.com/ethancohenny
• Instagraminstagram.com/ethancohengallery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ethan-cohen-fine-art

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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