Brett Paul Gorvy (born July 1964) is a British
art dealer
An art dealer is a person or company that buys and sells works of art, or acts as the intermediary between the buyers and sellers of art.
An art dealer in contemporary art typically seeks out various artists to represent, and builds relationsh ...
. He is a co-founder and partner (with
Dominique Lévy and
Amalia Dayan) of
Lévy Gorvy Dayan, a gallery with offices in New York City, London, Paris, and Hong Kong.
Early life
Brett Gorvy was born in South Africa, one of four children of billionaire financier
Manfred Gorvy and his wife, Lydia.
Career
In December 2016, Gorvy left his position as chairman and international head of post-war and contemporary art at
Christie's
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after 23 years. It was then that he set up his gallery with
Dominique Lévy. This led to the rebranding of Levy's Madison Avenue Gallery as
Lévy Gorvy
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. In 2021, Lévy Gorvy announced plans to merge with
Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and
Amalia Dayan to form LGDR. In August 2023, LGDR announced it would continue operations under the banner of Lévy Gorvy Dayan. Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn left the existing partnership to reopen Salon 94.
Personal life
Gorvy is married to
Amy Gold, an independent art dealer, who worked for Christie's for ten years, before becoming a senior director at the New York gallery
L&M Arts,
run by
Dominique Lévy and
Robert Mnuchin. They live on the
Upper West Side
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in Manhattan and collect works on paper from the 1930s onwards.
They have one daughter together.
References
External links
Lévy Gorvy Gallery
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1964 births
Living people
British art dealers
South African art dealers
South African emigrants to the United Kingdom