Jorge Coll (born 1977/1978) is a Spanish art dealer, and the CEO of

Colnaghi Colnaghi is an art dealership in St James's, central London, England, which is the oldest commercial art gallery in the world, having been established in 1760. Foundation The business that became the Colnaghi gallery was established by Itali ...

, 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 coast of northeastern 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 ci ...

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

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. In 2012 they expanded and opened a gallery in London's Mayfair district. In October 2015, Coll and Cortés merged with

, 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 of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

, the

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and the

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. 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 (abbreviated: 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 in 1988. The ten-day fair attracts about 75,0 ...

(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

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. In 2018, Coll was a speaker at

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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 {{Spain-bio-stub