Prominent Art and Book Dealers Who Are LGBTQ
Art and book dealers are intermediaries selling the work of artists and authors to buyers and helping to establish a market for their work. They both have a long history as a profession.
Art dealers tend to focus on representing the works of a small number of artists with a particular style of art, such as portraiture, landscapes, or impressionism. In contrast, most book dealers stock a vast range of authors, though they can limit their stock to authors from a particular community - for example, LGBTQ authors or women authors only.
There are many notable LGBTQ authors and artists who seek out a dealer to represent and market their work. Having a relationship with a fellow LGBTQ individual can often be the result. The relationship strengthens the quality of the work of both artists and authors and helps to build the reputations and credibility of each.
Canada
- Janine Fuller, Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium
- El-Farouk Khaki, Glad Day Bookshop
- Richard Labonte, A Different Light
- Jearld Moldenhauer, Glad Day Bookshop
Belgium
- Marian Lens, Artemy's
France
- Joseph Douce, Autres Cultures
- Fernand Legros
- Adrienne Monnier, La Maison des Amis des Livres
Germany
- Prince Philipp of Hesse
- Erica Brausen, Hanover Gallery
Great Britain
- Francis Birrell
- David Garnett
- Jim MacSweeney, Gay's The Word Bookshop
- Tobias Meyer, Chief Auctioneer - Sotheby's
- Mattias Vendelmans, Vendelmans
Indonesia
Italy
New Zealand
- Rex Nan Kivell, Redfern Gallery
United States
- Sylvia Woodbridge Beach, Shakespeare and Company
- Doris Grumbach
- L.S. Alexander Gumby, The Gumby Book Studio
- Betty Parsons, promoter of Abstract Expressionists
- Craig Rodwell, Oscar Wilde Bookshop
See Also
- Art and Culture Critics Who Identify as LGBTQ
- Literary Critics and Editors Who Identify as LGBTQ
- Prominent Theatre and Film Critics Who Identify as LGBTQ
- LGBTQ Librarians and Archivists
- Prominent LGBTQ Portrait Painters and Photographers
- Prominent Biographers Who are LGBTQ
- Pulitzer Prize Winning LGBTQ Authors and Poets
- LGBTQ Photographers
- LGBTQ Sculptors
- Notable LGBTQ Landscape Painters, Architects and Photographers