Larry Gagosian
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Larry Gagosian is an art collector who owns the Gagosian Gallery chain of art galleries, with three locations in New York City (on Madison Avenue, West 24th St. and 21st St.), two locations in London (on Britannia and Davies Streets) and one location in Los Angeles (in Beverly Hills).
Among the important artists represented by Gagosian are Richard Artschwager, Cecily Brown, Chris Burden, Francesco Clemente, Walter de Maria, Ellen Gallagher, Douglas Gordon, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Anselm Kiefer, Maya Lin, Vera Lutter, Edward Ruscha, Jenny Saville, Richard Serra, David Smith, Philip Taaffe, Mark Tansey, Robert Therrien, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol and Richard Wright.
In 2004, the annual chart compiled by the British magazine Art Review called Gagosian "the world's greatest art businessman."