The Role of Galleries in the Art Market; Iranian Gallery Owners and Multilateral Strategies

26 August 2023
In the system of art economic, galleries are part of the primary market, although they also sell works privately through their networks in the secondary market. Gallery owners in Iran have gone beyond these and included online auctions to art calls in their work plans. This multilateralism is evident in the activities of many Iranian gallery owners, because the burden of promoting visual arts has largely been on the shoulders of the private sector since the mid-2000s. Pointing out that it is impossible to cover all the activities and all the names in this short survey, after explaining the position of the gallery in the market, we will review some of the influential names of Iranian gallerists and introduce a small part of their activities.
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Sevana Boghossian
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