Our French sister paper Le Journal des Arts has published its first ranking of the top 40 contemporary art galleries in France. The sociologist and JDA contributor Alain Quemin developed a two-part methodology to rank the galleries, with data available in spring 2016. First, galleries were assessed based on 19 criteria of recognition by peers in the art world and the art market—including Marcel Duchamp prize-winning artists, participation in fairs and number of galleries in France and abroad—to select the top 40. Then, the roster of artists at each of these galleries was “scored”, using the average ranking of their top ten artists based on the website Artfacts.net. These two numbers were then averaged to come up with the final grade.
At the top of the pile is the international behemoth Larry Gagosian, who has galleries in eight cities worldwide, including Paris since 2010. He is closely followed by veteran Parisian dealer Thaddaeus Ropac, the long-time New York/Paris gallerists Marian Goodman and Galerie Lelong, and younger Paris-based dealers Chantal Crousel, Almine Rech, Emmanuel Perrotin, Daniel Templon and Kamel Mennour. The Italian gallery Continua rounds out the top 10.
Rank, Gallery, Artists ranking, Peer recognition
1. Larry Gagosian 1 1
2. Thaddaeus Ropac 2 4
3. Marian Goodman 3 5
4. Galerie Lelong 4 6
5. Chantal Crousel 5 9
6. Almine Rech 7 9
6. Emmanuel Perrotin 14 2
8. Daniel Templon 9 8
8. Kamel Mennour 11 6
10. Continua 6 13
11. Nathalie Obadia 17 3
12. Peter Freeman 13 9
13. Karsten Greve 8 16
14. Ishii Taka 10 15
15. Max Hetzler 12 18
15. Jocelyn Wolff 21 9
17. Air De Paris 15 16
18. ArtConcept 23 13
19. Michel Rein 18 20
19. GB agency 19 19
21. Renos Xippas 16 24
22. Campoli Presti 25 22
22. Georges-Philippe
et Nathalie Vallois 26 21
24. mor charpentier 20 28
25. Frank Elbaz 27 22
26. InSitu/
Fabienne Leclerc 22 28
27. Denise René 29 25
28. Jousse Entreprise 28 28
29. Balice Hertling 24 34
30. Jérôme Poggi 34 25
31. Laurent Godin 30 32
32. Valentin 36 27
32. Loevenbruck 31 32
34. Lahumière 38 28
35. Cortex athletico 32 36
36. Marcelle Alix 33 36
37. Triple V 35 36
38. Bernard Ceysson 37 36
39. Zürcher 40 34
40. Bernard Jordan 39 36
