Marine Tanguy (born July 5, 1989) is a French art entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of MTArt Agency.

Early life and career

Tanguy was born on the French island of

Île de Ré Île de Ré (; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ''ile de Rét''; en, Isle of Ré, ) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. Its highe ...

. After studying philosophy at Poitiers, she moved to London at the age of 19 and interned at the BBC's

The Culture Show ''The Culture Show'' is a British magazine programme about books, art, film, architecture, music, visual fashion and the performing arts. The show was broadcast weekly on BBC Two between 2004 and 2015. Early history Launched in November 2004, th ...

. At the age of 21 Tanguy managed her first gallery, the Outsider's Gallery, in London's

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district. Tanguy, who was two years into an art history degree at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

at the time, dropped out of the course to take up the role. Two years later in April 2014 Tanguy, along with investor Steph Sebbag, opened the De Re Gallery in Los Angeles.

MTArt Agency

In June 2015, Tanguy founded MTArt Agency. MTArt covers their artists' studio costs, sells their works, implement cultural & commercial partnerships and offers their artists press exposure. In return, MTArt Agency gains commission on each piece the artist sells, and artists give one piece of art to the agency's private collection each year. The agency reviews 200 portfolios of up-and-coming artists every month, with the value of the selected artists' works growing on average 150% in value year-on-year. MTArt Agency currently has offices in London and Paris. In October 2022, an article in ''Le Monde'' detailed that several former employees, clients and business partners accused Tanguy of concealed work, tax fraud, customs fraud and moral harassment.

Personal projects

Tanguy is a member of the Thousand Network, the

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and The Association of Women in the Arts. Tanguy also serves as a young patron of the

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and has been appointed

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), also known as the Royal Society of Arts, is a London-based organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. The RSA acronym is used m ...

. Tanguy has delivered two

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talks; on how to transform cities with art (2017), and on how social media visuals affects our minds (2018). In 2018 Tanguy was a recipient of

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Europe: Art and Culture.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanguy, Marine 1989 births Living people 21st-century British businesswomen French emigrants to the United Kingdom French art critics French women art critics People from Charente-Maritime