Brett Gorvy | |
Birth Name: | Brett Paul Gorvy |
Birth Place: | South Africa |
Nationality: | British |
Known For: | Lévy Gorvy Dayan |
Occupation: | Art dealer and gallerist |
Spouse: | Amy Gold |
Parents: | Manfred Gorvy |
Brett Paul Gorvy (born July 1964)[1] is a British art dealer. He is a co-founder and partner (with Dominique Lévy and Amalia Dayan) of Lévy Gorvy Dayan, a gallery with offices in New York City, London, Paris and Hong Kong with Co-founder .
Brett Gorvy was born in South Africa, one of four children of billionaire financier Manfred Gorvy and his wife, Lydia.[2]
In December 2016, Gorvy left his position as chairman and international head of Post-war and Contemporary Art at Christie's after 23 years. It was then he set up his gallery with Dominique Lévy. This led to the rebranding of Levy's Madison Avenue Gallery as Lévy Gorvy.[3] [4] [5] In 2021, Lévy Gorvy announced plans to merge with Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Amalia Dayan to form LGDR. In August 2023, LGDR announced it would continue operations under the banner of Lévy Gorvy Dayan. Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn left the existing partnership to reopen Salon 94.[6]
Gorvy is married to Amy Gold, an independent art dealer, who worked for Christie's for ten years, before becoming a senior director at the New York gallery L&M Arts,[7] run by Dominique Lévy and Robert Mnuchin.[8] They live on the Upper West Side in Manhattan and collect works on paper from the 1930s onwards.[7] They have one daughter together.[9]