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  • noun The owner or operator of an art gallery

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gallery +‎ -ist

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  • "A fashionable new word is bubbling up in the New York art scene: gallerist, as a substitute for art dealer. Not, of course, just any art dealer. A gallerist is directly involved with the care and feeding of artists, rather than with the quick turnover of art objects."

    - The New York Times, December 24, 2005

    January 24, 2008