gallerist

American  

[gal-uh-rist] / ˈgæl ə rɪst /

noun

1. the owner of an art gallery.

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gallerist British  

/ ˈɡæləˌrɪst /

noun

1. a person who owns or runs an art gallery

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Etymology

Origin of gallerist

First recorded in 1965–70; galler(y) ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )

Example Sentences

“You don’t see them walking around, and stopping in a gallery, and buying art, and trying to cultivate connoisseurship with their siblings or their children,” said Valerie Wade, a San Francisco gallerist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

For weeks now, the former gallerist has been spending part of her days "revisiting my life" through old photo albums, smiling about everything she "had the chance to experience".

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Christopher Bishop, a Manhattan gallerist who also owns Master Drawings New York, an art fair whose focus is works on paper, cannot say enough about the value of a conservator.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2024

“I still continue to paint; I make paintings in my head. I now have limited energy which I need to conserve and cannot waste putting paint to canvas,” he once told art gallerist Dadiba Pundole.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

She and Maroney, an art gallerist, wed in October 2019 in Newport, R.I., and have largely kept their relationship out of the public eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024