Jorge Coll (born 1977/1978) is a Spanish art dealer, and the CEO of
Colnaghi Colnaghi is a last name. Notable people with this last name include:
* Ignazio Colnaghi (1924–2017), Italian actor
* Luca Colnaghi (born 1999), Italian racing cyclist
* Martin Henry Colnaghi (1821–1908), British art dealer
* Mattia Colnaghi (bor ...
, one of the world's oldest art galleries and dealerships.
Early life
The son of a Spanish art dealer,
Coll grew up in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
and after finishing his studies spent four years working in his family's art dealing business.
Career
In 2005, in partnership with Nicolas Cortés, he founded Coll & Cortés, an art dealership based in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
. In 2012 they expanded and opened a gallery in London's Mayfair district.
In October 2015, Coll and Cortés merged with
Colnaghi Colnaghi is a last name. Notable people with this last name include:
* Ignazio Colnaghi (1924–2017), Italian actor
* Luca Colnaghi (born 1999), Italian racing cyclist
* Martin Henry Colnaghi (1821–1908), British art dealer
* Mattia Colnaghi (bor ...
, one of the world's oldest art galleries, and Jorge assumed the role of CEO. Coll and Cortés had already sold works of art to more than 40 museums, including the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...
, the
Louvre
The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...
and the
Prado
The Museo del Prado ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It houses collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century, based on ...
.
Colnaghi has since moved into a new custom-built gallery in St. James's in London and opened a gallery space in a townhouse in New York’'s Upper East Side led by Carlos A. Picón, formerly the curator in charge of the Department of Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In October 2017, Coll and his business partner Nicolas Cortés established the Colnaghi Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation aiming to promote historic art to a 21st-century audience.
Coll is on the board of trustees of
The European Fine Art Fair
The European Fine Art Fair known as TEFAF is an annual art, antiques, and design fair organized by '' The European Fine Art Foundation'' in the MECC in Maastricht, Netherlands. It was first held open in 1988.
The fair
For ten days each year, ...
(TEFAF), and also serves on the boards of the International Council of the Wallace Collection, London Art Week and the International Advisory Council of the Hispanic Museum and Library. In 2017, he was listed in 40 Under 40 feature in
Apollo Magazine. In 2018, Coll was a speaker at ''
The New York Times
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Art Leaders Network Conference in Berlin.
References
Living people
Spanish art dealers
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. people
People from Barcelona
1970s births
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