david klein gallery

What david klein gallery does

David Klein Gallery is an independent, privately held contemporary art gallery founded by David Klein in 1990 in Birmingham, Michigan, and now operating from a single 3,000 square foot flagship at 678 Livernois Street in Ferndale, Michigan, following a 2025 consolidation of its prior Birmingham and Detroit locations. The gallery represents national and regional contemporary artists and maintains relationships with the estates of historically significant Post-War American figures including Al Held, Clement Meadmore, Robert Motherwell, and Jack Tworkov, enabling sales of contemporary paintings, sculpture, photography, and installations alongside secondary-market Post-War works.

The gallery generates revenue through two primary streams: one-time sales of artworks (conducted at the physical gallery, at major national art fairs across New York, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles, and through an online Artsy marketplace partnership) and professional art advisory services for private and corporate collectors, including acquisition from estates. Customer segments span museums and institutional collectors, private collectors, and sellers of estate works. Institutional placements include the Detroit Institute of Arts, Cranbrook Art Museum, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Flint Institute of Arts, Williams College Museum of Art, and International African American Museum.

The business operates with a five-person team (Owner, Director, Assistant Director, Preparator, and Gallery assistant) and is the only Michigan-based member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA). There is no disclosed technology platform, no public pricing, no external investment, and no revenue disclosure. Distribution is multi-channel: physical gallery, six annual art fairs, Artsy online, and social media (Instagram, Facebook, X, Pinterest, Tumblr) plus email newsletter.

Name

david klein gallery

Legal name

David Klein Gallery

Website

https://davidkleingallery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Short description

David Klein Gallery is an independent contemporary art gallery founded in 1990 in Michigan, representing national and regional artists and Post-War estates. It serves museums, institutional collectors, and private collectors through gallery sales, national art fairs, Artsy online, and advisory services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Art Gallery

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Contemporary art gallery
• Fine art sales
• Art exhibition space
• Art advisory services
• Secondary market art

Headquarters

HQ city

Ferndale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: Primary revenue from sales of contemporary art including paintings, sculpture, photography, and installations by represented artists. Transactions occur at gallery, at art fairs, and through Artsy online platform.
2. Art Advisory Services: Gallery offers advisory services for private and corporate art collections. Additionally interested in acquiring works from private collections and estates.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

David Klein Gallery is a contemporary art gallery that represents established and emerging artists, exhibits their work in its gallery space, and sells original artworks through both primary and secondary markets. The gallery also offers art advisory and collection management services to collectors and institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Original Artwork Sales
• Art Exhibitions
• Art Advisory Services

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ArtsycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArtsy is an online art marketplace partnership that extends the gallery's reach to collectors globally through digital sales and exposure.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kasmin Gallery: A New York-based contemporary art gallery representing established and estate-related artists across painting, sculpture, and works on paper. Directly comparable to David Klein Gallery in scale, focus on Post-War and contemporary works, and active art-fair participation strategy.
• Marianne Boesky Gallery: A contemporary gallery with locations in New York and Aspen representing international contemporary artists, with active programming in painting, sculpture, and installation. Comparable in mission and tier of artists represented, with similar art fair presence and museum placement orientation.
• Lehmann Maupin: A contemporary gallery with locations in New York, London, Seoul, and Hong Kong representing international contemporary artists. Comparable in working with significant contemporary artists and focusing on museum placements, though operating at a larger scale than David Klein Gallery.
• Tina Kim Gallery: A New York contemporary gallery representing established and emerging international artists. Comparable as a similarly sized contemporary gallery with active art fair participation and museum placement focus.

Broad incumbents

• Pace Gallery: A leading global contemporary art gallery with major locations in New York, London, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Geneva, and Los Angeles representing blue-chip contemporary and Post-War artists. Comparable in core contemporary + Post-War programming and museum placement activity, though operating at materially larger scale than David Klein Gallery.
• David Zwirner: A global contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles representing prominent contemporary and Post-War artists. Comparable in primary focus on contemporary and historically significant works, but materially larger in scale, footprint, and artist roster.
• Gagosian: The largest contemporary art gallery worldwide, with 20+ locations and representation of blue-chip contemporary and Post-War artists. Comparable in working at the intersection of Post-War and contemporary markets, but at a fundamentally different scale of operations and capital base.
• Sotheby's: Global auction house and private sales operator with deep Post-War and contemporary art verticals, plus a significant gallery-adjacent private sales business. Comparable in Post-War and contemporary artist representation, museum-grade client base, and global fair-like brand presence.
• Christie's: Global auction house with major Post-War and Contemporary Art departments and a private sale advisory business. Comparable in serving collectors seeking significant contemporary and Post-War works, though operating through auction mechanics rather than gallery representation.

Regional players

• Hilbertraum / Forum Gallery: A long-established, family-run contemporary art gallery based in the Midwest (New Buffalo, MI / Chicago) with a similar focus on contemporary and modern masters and active art fair participation. Comparable as a similarly scaled Midwest-rooted gallery serving museum and private collectors, and a direct competitive counterpart in the regional market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/davidkleingallery

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Investors

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