Name

david krut projects gallery

Website

https://davidkrutprojects.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920), Art Dealers (45992)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Crafts & Maker Arts (Ceramics, Textiles, Jewelry, Mixed Media) (EDAMAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Visual Arts (Drawing, Painting, Illustration) (EDAAAGAA), Fine Art Materials Retail (Paint, Canvas, Drawing) (CRALACAB)

Keywords

• Fine art gallery
• Printmaking workshop
• Art publishing
• Contemporary art sales
• Limited edition prints

Headquarters

HQ city

Johannesburg

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

David Krut Projects is a contemporary art gallery and publishing organization that operates exhibition galleries in Johannesburg and New York, runs a printmaking workshop where artists collaborate with master printers to produce editioned and unique prints, and publishes art books under the TAXI Art Books series. The company represents and publishes contemporary South African and international artists, sells prints and artworks through galleries, art fairs, an online viewing room portal, and listings on Artsy and Artnet, and operates a separate art-book bookstore retail arm.

Product overview

David Krut Projects is a multi-faceted art gallery and publishing enterprise operating a gallery network (151 Gallery in Johannesburg, New York Artspace, Blue House Gallery), a dedicated printmaking workshop (DKW), art bookstores, online viewing portal, and publishing division. The core offering centers on representing and publishing contemporary artists, primarily through collaborative printmaking partnerships with master printers, supplemented by exhibition spaces and art book retail/publishing operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• David Krut Bookstores: Bookstore operation separate from the gallery, with its own website and Instagram presence @davidkrutbookstore
• TAXI Art Books
• South African Artists in New York (SAANY)

Products and services

• David Krut Projects Gallery Fine art gallery and exhibition space in Johannesburg (151 Gallery) and New York (DKP New York Artspace), plus Arts on Main, Blue House Gallery, and Workshop Gallery venues; showcases contemporary prints, paintings, and works by South African and international artists.
• David Krut Workshop (DKW) Printmaking workshop at Arts on Main, Maboneng (Johannesburg), offering collaborative printmaking services with master printers (Jillian Ross, Sbongiseni Khulu, Roxy Kaczmarek, Kim-Lee Loggenberg-Tim, Jesse Shepstone, Phil Sanders, Sarah Judge) for artists to produce editioned and unique print works across etching, lithography, monotype, photogravure, screenprint, cyanotype, and mixed media techniques.
• David Krut Bookstores Retail bookstore offering art books, monographs, and printed matter related to artists represented by the gallery, with its own website (davidkrutbookstores.com) and Instagram presence (@davidkrutbookstore).
• David Krut Publishing (TAXI Art Books series) Publishing division producing artist monographs and the TAXI Art Books series, the first series of its kind in South Africa, featuring South African contemporary artists.

Quantifiable outcome

• Published over 300 print editions with William Kentridge since 1992
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Crown Point Press: San Francisco-based fine art press running a collaborative printmaking workshop where master printers work with established contemporary artists on etchings, lithographs, and related editions — directly analogous to David Krut Workshop's collaborative model.
• Tamarind Institute: University-affiliated fine art lithography workshop collaborating with artists on editioned prints and training master printers — the closest analogue in terms of collaborative workshop-plus-gallery-publishing structure.
• Graphicstudio: USF-affiliated collaborative printmaking studio producing editioned works with contemporary artists and exhibiting through associated gallery channels — a near-direct functional comparison to DKW's collaborative edition workflow.
• Pace Editions: Print publishing and editioning arm of Pace that produces limited editions and publishes multiples with blue-chip contemporary artists — overlapping in publishing, editioning, and gallery-distribution mechanics.
• Two Palms Press: New York fine art press producing editions with leading contemporary artists across diverse print processes — comparable in technique breadth and high-end artist roster, though US-headquartered.
• Harlan & Weaver: New York intaglio and fine art printing studio producing editions with contemporary artists — directly comparable in collaborative fine art printmaking services and gallery distribution.
• Goodman Gallery: Johannesburg-headquartered contemporary art gallery with strong African artist representation and international fair circuit presence — the most direct geographic and curatorial peer in the South African market.
• Stevenson Gallery: Cape Town and Johannesburg contemporary art gallery representing major South African artists and participating in international art fairs — directly comparable regional gallery model with overlapping fair circuit exposure.
• Durham Press: Pennsylvania-based fine art press producing limited editions with contemporary artists across multiple print processes — analogous in collaborative editioning model and multi-technique capability.

Broad incumbents

• Pace Gallery: Major global contemporary art gallery that operates an in-house print publishing program alongside its primary market business — overlaps with David Krut Projects' print publishing and editioning activities but at significantly larger scale and geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/davidkrut
• Facebookfacebook.com/DavidKrutProjects
• Instagraminstagram.com/davidkrutprojects
• Pinterestza.pinterest.com/source/davidkrutprojects.com
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/david-krut-projects

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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