About Taymour Grahne Projects
Taymour Grahne Projects is a London and Dubai-based contemporary art gallery.
Founded in 2013 by Taymour Grahne, the gallery has previously had spaces in New York and London, as well as nomadic programming. Taymour Grahne Projects will open a permanent space in Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue, the city’s leading arts and culture district, in September 2025. Alongside its physical exhibitions and an office in London, the gallery offers an exciting online exhibition program.
Taymour Grahne Projects has collaborated with and exhibited important international contemporary artists, including: Francesca Mollett, Dominique Fung, Lamia Joreige, Faycal Baghriche, Samira Abbassy, Katia Kameli, Aubrey Levinthal, GaHee Park, Nadia Ayari, Maia Cruz Palileo, Amy Lincoln, John Dilg, Zineb Sedira, Gail Spaien, Sarah McEneaney, Mohamed Melehi, Anika Roach, and Tidawhitney Lek, among many others.
Through a program of curated exhibitions, international art fairs, and long-term artist support, the gallery fosters critical dialogue and cross-cultural exchange, positioning itself as an important platform within the global contemporary art landscape.
The gallery has placed the works of its artists into major museum collections worldwide, including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah; The Dalloul Art Foundation, Beirut; The British Museum, London; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), California; Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi; The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, North Carolina; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech; and X Museum, Beijing, among others.
About Taymour Grahne
Taymour Grahne is a London and Dubai-based art dealer renowned for discovering and promoting some of today's most significant contemporary artists. To date, he has organized and curated over 150 exhibitions.
Born in London to a Lebanese mother and Finnish father, Grahne was raised in London, Beirut, and New York City. His journey into the art world began during his International Relations studies at Boston University, where he launched Art of the Mid East, a blog highlighting the underrepresented art scenes of the Middle East.
After earning an MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York, Grahne noticed that many artists featured on his blog lacked representation in the city. This led him to establish his own gallery in New York in 2013 at 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan's Tribeca neighbourhood, a historic building that housed the iconic Area nightclub during the 1980s, renowned as a hub for celebrities and leading artists such as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Grahne inaugurated the gallery with a solo exhibition by NYC-based painter Nicky Nodjoumi, seamlessly blending the location's rich artistic heritage with contemporary art.
Taymour has worked with and exhibited some of the leading contemporary artists of our time, including: Francesca Mollett, Dominique Fung, Aubrey Levinthal, GaHee Park, Nadia Ayari, Maia Cruz Palileo, Daniele Genadry, Katia Kameli, Amy Lincoln, John Dilg, Zineb Sedira, Mohamed Melehi, Anika Roach, Faycal Baghriche, Tidawhitney Lek, and Lamia Joreige, among many others.
His long-standing support for artist career trajectories has seen him place works into major museum collections worldwide, including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Guggenheim Museum, New York; The British Museum, London; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), California; Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; The Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, North Carolina; Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech; and X Museum, Beijing, among others.
He has been featured in prominent media outlets such as The New York Times, Frieze, The New Yorker, and Artnet News. Grahne holds an MA in Art Business from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and a BA in International Relations from Boston University. He has spoken at various art panels at institutions including Wellesley College, Kingston University, and Regent's University.