{"id":48308,"date":"2025-07-30T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/48308\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:55:12","slug":"millennial-and-gen-z-gallerists-looking-to-redefine-success-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/48308\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennial and Gen Z Gallerists Looking to ‘Redefine Success’ and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tOUT WITH THE OLD.\u00a0The\u00a0Financial Times writes<\/a>\u00a0that with many prominent\u00a0baby-boomer gallerists\u00a0feeling the heat of the art market\u2019s ongoing contraction, \u201cmany of their potential successors [Gen Zers] are working to completely redefine success in the field.\u201d In many cases, this means more collaboration, greater transparency, and avoiding burnout by attending fewer art fairs. The paper points to the recent high-profile closures of\u00a0Adam Lindemann\u2019s\u00a0Venus Over Manhattan<\/a>\u00a0and, of course,\u00a0Tim Blum<\/a>\u2019s operation, \u201cyet conversations with\u00a0millennial\u00a0and\u00a0Gen Z\u00a0dealers suggest Blum\u2019s closure has done little to scare the younger generations away from building empires \u2014 mainly because they were uninterested in that path in the first place.\u201d\u00a0Bridget Donahue, who founded her eponymous gallery in New York in 2015, said Blum shutting up shop doesn\u2019t resonate with her. After working for bigger gallerist before going it alone, she decided to commit to five shows a year and one or two art fairs because she \u201cremembers that unenjoyable pace of work.\u201d Adding, \u201cWe made a corrective move to protect myself and my artists from the burnout that Tim describes,\u201d she said.\u00a0Matthew Brown, who opened his namesake gallery in Los Angeles in 2019, at age 23, said: \u201cI don\u2019t want to speak for other dealers, but my feeling is that there is more interest in transparency, experimentation and building platforms that reflect the present.\u201d He cited\u00a0Art Collaboration Kyoto, a hybrid event in which Japan-based dealers invite international peers to share a fair booth as \u201ca way to minimize costs while maximizing networking opportunities abroad.\u201d\u00a0Marc Speigler, the former global director of Art Basel, also weighed in: \u201cThe new model I see emerging is people who, rather than trying to build empires, are trying to build communities. They\u2019re not trying to build a client base of hundreds of people. They\u2019re trying to build a core client base so tight and coherent that a gallerist could literally invite them to a cocktail party at their house.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tNO STOPPING HAUSER & WIRTH.\u00a0The art market may be on shaky ground, but no one told the megas, Harrison Jacobs writes for\u00a0ARTnews<\/a>.\u00a0Hauser & Wirth, which currently has 17 locations worldwide, has just revealed plans to open a new gallery in\u00a0Palo Alto, California, in spring 2026. The Palo Alto space will be the gallery\u2019s third location in California, joining itsDowntown Los Angeles\u00a0complex\u2014which includes the farm-to-table restaurant\u00a0Manuela\u2014and its West Hollywood outpost, which opened in 2016 and 2023, respectively. \u201cNorthern California occupies an equally powerful position [as Los Angeles] as home to a fantastically dedicated community of collectors and the museums they have built,\u201d gallery president\u00a0Marc Payot\u00a0said in a statement. \u201cPerched in its prime spot on the edge of the Pacific Rim and populated by generations of astute and ambitious patrons of the arts, the Bay Area is a place where we are proud to be creating a new space, an energy center for our artists and the community.\u201d The new 2,600-square-foot gallery\u2014Hauser & Wirth\u2019s first in the Bay Area\u2014will occupy a former post office at 201\u2013225 Hamilton Avenue, a short walk from the Stanford University campus. Architect\u00a0Luis Laplace, principal of Laplace, will lead the renovation. Hauser & Wirth is the first mega-gallery to take a bet on the Bay Area since\u00a0Pace Gallery\u00a0closed its outpost there in 2022\u2014a somewhat surprising development given that the region routinely ranks among the wealthiest metro areas in the United States.\u00a0Gagosian\u00a0operated a location in San Francisco, near\u00a0SFMOMA, for around four years until December 2020. According to Henley & Partners\u2019s U.S. Wealth Report 2024, the Bay Area has a comparable number of millionaires and centi-millionaires\u2014and slightly more billionaires\u2014than New York. On Tuesday evening, collector\u00a0Komal\u00a0Shah, who lives in the area with her husband\u00a0Gaurav Garg, told\u00a0ARTnews\u00a0that the new gallery \u201cmakes a lot of sense\u201d for Hauser & Wirth. \u201cPart of the Bay Area culture is to not talk about possessions or collecting, but there is an active community,\u201d Shah said, noting Hauser\u2019s ties to regional collectors, its connections to nearby Stanford, and a growing population of young collectors who she said need to be cultivated and engaged. \u201cI\u2019m confident that Hauser will do it right\u2014with a host of programming, books, and activations alongside the art,\u201d she added. \u201cThey know how to go into a place and energize it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tFour artworks by\u00a0Pablo Picasso,\u00a0Jean-Michel Basquiat, and\u00a0Diane Arbus\u00a0surrendered to the\u00a0US Department of Justice\u00a0in connection with the\u00a01Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)\u00a0scandal are now being auctioned online by the\u00a0US Marshals Service. [ARTnews<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tIntersect\u00a0returns to the\u00a0Aspen Ice Garden\u00a0for its 15th year with its largest number of exhibitors to date from July 29 to August 3. \u201cAlthough the broader art market is experiencing a bit of a slump, the elite Colorado enclave offers dealers plenty of opportunity to connect with knowledgeable collectors,\u201d\u00a0Cultured\u00a0writes. \u201cAspen includes a unique art-loving collector community that moves without the financial restraints of some other areas,\u201d notes the fair\u2019s CEO,\u00a0Tim von Gal.\u201d [Cultured<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tA painting by Spanish Surrealist artist\u00a0Salvador Dali\u00a0found in a house clearance is expected to fetch up to \u00a330,000 ($39,984), after being bought for just \u00a3150 ($200). It was found in a house in Cambridge and has since been authenticated as an original. An anonymous art dealer purchased it and the mixed media piece will be up for sale at an auction in October. [BBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tEVA International,\u00a0Ireland\u2019s Biennial of Contemporary Art, has announced the program for its 41st edition. Titled \u201cIt Takes a Village,\u201d it borrows from the proverb \u201cIt takes a village to raise a child\u201d to focus on ideas of collaborative partnership, social justice and historical repair. [EVA<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\n\tROUTE TO WIRIKUTA. UNESCO has added Mexico\u2019s Wix\u00e1rika pilgrimage route to\u00a0Wirikuta\u00a0(Tatehuar\u00ed Huajuy\u00e9) to its\u00a0World Heritage list, marking the country\u2019s 36th site and the first inscription of a living Indigenous tradition under the\u00a01972 World Heritage Convention,\u00a0The Art Newspaper<\/a>\u00a0reports. Spanning roughly 310 miles across five states, the corridor ends in Wirikuta,\u00a0San Luis Potos\u00ed, where hikuri (peyote) is ritually consumed. Rich in biodiversity, the route holds deep spiritual and cultural meaning for the Wix\u00e1ritari, integrating nature, ancestry, and human life. This recognition follows over 30 years of advocacy by the Wix\u00e1ritari, one of Mexico\u2019s 70 Indigenous groups. Despite modernization, around 60,000 still speak the Wix\u00e1rika language, maintaining traditions through geographic isolation and resilience. The listing emphasizes the need for stronger conservation, sustainable tourism, and regulation of extractive industries. Described by\u00a0UNESCO\u00a0as a \u201cbraid of trails,\u201d the route includes 20 sacred sites across Jalisco, Nayarit, Durango, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potos\u00ed. The pilgrimage, lasting about a month, is central to the Wix\u00e1rika ritual calendar, involving chants, dances, and offerings. Only designated shamans (mara\u2019akate) undertake the journey from the\u00a0Sierra Madre\u00a0to ensure the success of the agricultural cycle and the spiritual health of their communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. The Headlines OUT WITH THE OLD.\u00a0The\u00a0Financial Times writes\u00a0that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,37441,37629,37630,6186],"class_list":{"0":"post-48308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-hauser-wirth","14":"tag-tim-blum","15":"tag-unesco-world-heritage-site","16":"tag-venus-over-manhattan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}