This is a list of contemporary art galleries, i.e., commercial galleries for-profit, privately-owned businesses dealing in artworks by contemporary artists born after 1945.
Galleries on this list meet the following criteria:
The gallery has played a major role in career of significant or well-known artists born after 1945
The gallery has won significant critical attention
The gallery is widely cited by peers
List of contemporary art galleries
Intercontinental
From US
Blum & Poe (Tim Blum and Jeff Poe), Los Angeles since 1994, New York since 2014, Tokyo since 2014[1]
Galerie Philia, since 2015: New York, Mexico, Geneva, New York and Singapore[4]
Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles since 1979, New York since 1989, London since 2000, Roma since 2007, Athena since 2009, Paris and Geneva since 2010, Hong Kong since 2011, Le Bourget since 2012, San Francisco since 2016, Basel since 2019[5][6]
Haunch of Venison (Harry Blain and Graham Southern), London from 2002 to 2013, Zurich from 2005 to 2009, Berlin from 2007 to 2018, New York from 2008 to 2013[19]
Simon Lee Gallery, London since 2002, Hong Kong since 2012, New York since 2014[20]
Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière (François Ceysson et Loïc Bénétière), Saint-Etienne since 2006, Luxembourg since 2008, Paris since 2009, Geneva since 2012, New York since 2017[28][29]
Galleria Continua, (Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi et Maurizio Rigillo), San Gimignano since 1990, Beijing since 2005, Les Moulins since 2007, La Havana since 2015, Roma since 2020[30]
Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan since 1987, London since 2009, Hong Kong since 2016[31]
Hauser & Wirth, (Iwan Wirth et Manuela Hauser), Zurich since 1992, London since 2003, New York since 2009, Somerset since 2014, Los Angeles since 2016, Hong Kong since 2018, Gstaad since 2019[32][33]
Marc Jancou Contemporary, Zurich from 1991 to 1996, London from 1996 to 2003, NYC since 2003, Geneva from 2011[34][35]
Galerie Daniel Lelong (fr) , Paris and Zurich since 1981, New York since 1985[37]
Galerie Nordenhake (Claes Nordenhake) (sv), Malmö from 1973 to 1986, Stockholm since 1986, Berlin since 2000, Mexico since 2018[38]
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris since 1990, Hong Kong since 2012, New York since 2013, Seoul since 2016, Tokyo since 2017, Shanghai since 2018[39][40]
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris since 1997, Brussels since 2007, London since 2014, New York since 2016, Shanghai since 2019[41][42]
Galerie Michel Rein, Tours from 1992 to 2000, Paris since 2000, Brussels since 2013[198]
Tornabuoni Art, (Roberto Casamonti), Florence since 1981, Crans Montana since 1993, Milan since 1995, Forte Dei Marmi since 2004, Paris since 2009, London since 2015[199]
Dossin, Catherine (2015). The Rise And Fall Of American Art, 1940s-1980s : A Geopolitics Of Western Art Worlds. Dorchester: Ashgate. p. 328. ISBN978-1138295575.
Shnayerson, Michael (2019). Boom : Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art. New York: PublicAffairs. p. 464. ISBN978-1610398404.
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