Irvine Contemporary specializes in contemporary art by early and mid-career artists with growing national and international reputations. We also feature works by a select group of major, established artists for collectors interested in building collections with art works in every category of interest.

Irvine Contemporary is a full-service gallery focusing on the needs of collectors at any level of experience. We provide art advising and art consulting, art appraisals, private resales, and lectures and informational events on contemporary art, art collecting, and the art market.

Director

Dr. Martin Irvine brings a multidisciplinary background to managing a leading-edge contemporary gallery. Dr. Irvine has a Ph.D. from Harvard University and has been a professor at Georgetown University for 20 years. He is the Founding Director of Georgetown's graduate program in Communication, Culture, and Technology (CCT) where he now teaches graduate seminars on contemporary media and visual culture. (His seminars and lectures are publicly available on his university website.) Dr. Irvine has an extensive background in art history and the economics of the art market, and he is a lively lecturer on contemporary art, art collecting, and the dynamics of the art market. Before founding Irvine Contemporary in 2003, he had been an art collector for 20 years and a private art dealer. He is also known in the business entrepreneurial community in the Washington area, having served as a founding board member with the Washington, DC Technology Council, and he has been involved with Internet technology for 15 years. Dr. Irvine has served on several museum and community boards, and is currently writing a book on value creation in the contemporary artworld.

Director of Sales & Director of Appraisal Services

Lauren Gentile, ISA, MAAB brings to Irvine Contemporary a knowledge of the economics in the international art market, expertise in valuation and art advisory services, and art collection management experience. Ms. Gentile holds a Master's in Art Business degree from Sotheby's Institute of Art in London, where she wrote her thesis on fine art as an alternative asset class and art investing. Ms. Gentile has a thorough background in art history, and holds two B.A. degrees from DePaul University in Chicago. She studied art history, Italian and German at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, the Goethe Institute, and the University of Florence. Ms. Gentile is also an active member of museum and community organizations in Washington, DC.

Gallery Manager

Thomas W Powell brings to Irvine Contemporary a knowledge of the contemporary art market, expertise in exhibition design and installation, and operations management experience. Mr. Powell holds a Master's degree from Georgetown University in Communication, Culture, and Technology (CCT), where he specialized in visual culture and the art market. He has his B.A. (Honors) from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he studied studio art and French.

Gallery Assistants

Brendan Loper & Christopher Cunetto

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