What gallerie does

Gallerie is a private, commission-free online marketplace for buying, selling, and discovering art, operating globally across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia (USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, India). Founded in Fall 2021 by Devang Bhatt (former Senior MarTech Product Manager at Amazon) and Sheik Shakoor (President of Arctix), the company is domiciled in New York as Gallerie, LLC and serves two primary personas: individual visual artists (painters, sculptors, photographers, emerging to established) and art collectors/enthusiasts, with a secondary commercial clients use case for interior decorators, realtors, and film studios.

The platform combines a decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace with a multi-feature technology stack: blockchain-based art authentication using CNN and image AI digital fingerprinting, machine-learning-powered visual similarity discovery (ArtEcho), augmented reality viewing and interactive 3D renderings, live auctions, custom artwork requests, global reselling, an artist royalty program via smart contracts, and ArtExpanse curated online exhibitions planned to expand into a metaverse in 2024. Distribution channels include a global web platform (gallerie.art) and native iOS and Android applications, with self-serve onboarding for both artists and buyers and content marketing via the company blog and embedded social sharing.

Gallerie monetizes via transaction fees on a zero-commission model where artists retain 100% of the sale price minus fees, with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers, fee amounts, revenue figures, or funding rounds. Marketing is product-led and community-led, leveraging organic search, social sharing, app store presence, and educational content rather than a sales-led motion. The company holds a registered trademark for the Gallerie name and logo, and reports no subsidiaries, partnerships, M&A activity, certifications, or regulatory actions in the available data.

Name

gallerie

Legal name

Gallerie, LLC

Website

https://gallerie.art

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Gallerie is a private, commission-free global online marketplace connecting individual visual artists with art collectors and enthusiasts, offering blockchain-authenticated sales, AR/3D viewing, AI-powered visual discovery, live auctions, and tokenization across web and mobile.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Art Marketplace

NAICS

Art Dealers (45992)

SIC

Retail-Hobby, Toy & Game Shops (5945)

akta.pro primary industry

Online Collectibles Marketplaces & Auction Retail (CRALAGAO)

Keywords

• Online art marketplace
• Blockchain art authentication
• Art investment platform
• Digital art discovery
• Augmented reality art viewing

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Art Sales Transactions: Gallerie facilitates art transactions between artists and buyers. The platform charges transaction fees rather than commissions on sales, allowing artists to retain the full selling price. The company generates revenue through transaction fees applied to each sale.
2. Artist Subscription/Listing Fees (implicit): While not explicitly detailed, the platform operates with transaction-based economics where the company benefits from transaction volume. Artists create accounts and list artwork for sale.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gallerie operates a commission-free online marketplace where independent visual artists list, sell, and resell artworks directly to global collectors and art enthusiasts, facilitated via a web platform and native iOS/Android apps. Transactions are protected through escrow, with artists retaining 100% of sale proceeds minus transaction fees, and receiving ongoing royalties on secondary sales via blockchain-based smart contracts. The platform layers in technology-enabled features — blockchain-backed provenance authentication, AI-driven visual similarity discovery (ArtEcho), AR/3D artwork visualization, live auctions, and custom artwork commissions — to reduce intermediary costs and friction in the traditional art market.

Product overview

Gallerie is a commission-free decentralized social marketplace for art, connecting global artists with collectors. The core Gallerie Platform provides the marketplace infrastructure with zero-commission sales, secure escrow payments, artist reputation systems, and international shipping support. Key product modules include ArtExpanse (virtual art showcases expanding to metaverse in 2024), ArtEcho (AI-powered visual similarity discovery), blockchain-based art authentication with CNN/digital fingerprinting, live auction marketplace, custom artwork requests, global reselling, and an artist royalty program powered by smart contracts. Additional features include interactive 3D renderings and AR viewing. Mobile apps for iOS and Android extend platform access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ArtExpanse: Innovative platform for hosting curated online art showcases and virtual exhibitions, with expansion into a full-fledged metaverse planned for 2024.
• ArtEcho

Products and services

• Gallerie Platform A commission-free, decentralized social marketplace and peer-to-peer art platform connecting global visual artists with collectors and art enthusiasts. Supports zero-commission sales, secure escrow payments, international shipping coordination, live auctions, custom artwork commissions, artist reputation systems, and ongoing royalties on secondary sales via blockchain-based smart contracts.
• ArtExpanse Curated online art showcase platform hosting virtual exhibitions and events that promote exceptional artistic talent and bring together artists and art enthusiasts globally, with announced expansion into a full-fledged metaverse for immersive art experiences.
• Gallerie Mobile App (iOS and Android) Native mobile applications for iOS (Apple App Store) and Android (Google Play) providing full access to the Gallerie marketplace for discovering, previewing via AR, and purchasing or selling artworks on smartphones and tablets.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Mei Moses All Art Index reported average annual return of 10.2% between 2002-2011, compared to S&P 500's 2.7% during same period - demonstrating art's potential as investment vehicle
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Artsy: Artsy is the largest online marketplace for discovering, buying, and selling fine art, partnering with leading galleries, auction houses, and art fairs globally — the most direct competitor to Gallerie's discovery-and-transact model.
• Saatchi Art: Saatchi Art operates a global online gallery featuring original works from emerging artists, with curated collections, AR preview features, and free art advisory — directly comparable to Gallerie's zero-commission positioning for independent artists.
• Artfinder: Artfinder is an online marketplace connecting independent artists directly with buyers worldwide, emphasizing original art and personalized discovery — a directly comparable curated online art marketplace competing for the same artist supply.
• Artnet: Artnet combines a fine art marketplace with a robust price database and online auction functionality, plus analytics for collectors — directly overlapping with Gallerie's marketplace-plus-auction-plus-discovery model.
• Singulart: Singulart is an online art gallery selling curated works from emerging and established artists globally with free art advisory and AR view-in-room features — directly comparable target audience and feature set.

Broad incumbents

• Etsy: Etsy operates a major handmade and vintage goods marketplace that includes original art from independent sellers, with massive global audience and established buyer trust — a broad incumbent competing for the same SMB-artist onboarding cohort.
• Sotheby's: Sotheby's is a leading global auction house with an expanding online bidding platform and digital collectibles/metaverse initiatives — an incumbent with brand authority, capital, and online auctions that compete with Gallerie's live auction module.
• Christie's: Christie's is a major global auction house aggressively expanding into online sales, NFTs, and digital art — overlapping with Gallerie's auction and tokenization offerings as a dominant incumbent.

Regional players

• Artsper: Artsper is a leading European online contemporary art gallery curating works from over 3,000 artists and galleries, primarily serving European collectors — a regional peer with similar curated marketplace positioning.

Emerging players

• Masterworks: Masterworks is an emerging platform that securitizes blue-chip artworks into fractional shares tradable to qualified investors — directly comparable to Gallerie's fractional-ownership/tokenization thesis in the art-investment vertical.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/gallerie
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@gallerie
• Facebookfacebook.com/gallerie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gallerie
• Instagraminstagram.com/gallerie

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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