gallerist
Meaning
Noun
- The owner or operator of an art gallery
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Origin
- gallery + -ist, possibly by analogy with artist,
- Punch, Volume 297, 1989, :
- Gallerist: Currently favored title for someone who owns a gallery. Avoids unpleasant associations with ownership (ie the tarnishing of one’s passion for art with the metallic hues of hard cash); also suggests a certain affinity with the word ‘artist’. or influenced by French galeriste; compare German Galerist. Attested since 1962, popular in US since 2000s.
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