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Commercial galleries prosper against the odds

Four major commercial galleries across Australia share how they have been riding the wave of a market boom with uniquely different approaches.

17 Sep 2021

Celina Lei

Visual Arts

Tamara Dean, Introversion, 2021. Image: courtesy of the artist and Michael Reid Gallery.

While no sector can claim business-as-usual in these unprecedented times, Australia’s commercial galleries have experienced a boom in art spending, which has prompted a rethink of existing gallery models and the role they play.

Four major commercial galleries across Australia share how they have been riding the wave of a market spike with uniquely different approaches.

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Celina Lei

Celina Lei is an arts writer and editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne.