Dealers Matteo Consonni and Dawid Radziszewski have merged their respective galleries, Madragoa in Lisbon and Galeria Dawid Radziszewski in Warsaw, to form a single entity: Consonni Radziszewski. The new gallery launched with a third physical space in Milan, timed to coincide with the city's art week and the Venice Biennale. This merger follows a three-year period of collaboration on art fair booths and joint artist representation, specifically for photographer Joanna Piotrowska.
This strategic move reflects a growing trend of mid-sized galleries adopting flexible, cooperative business models to survive an increasingly competitive and expensive global market. By pooling resources and establishing a presence in Milan—a city benefiting from a favorable tax regime and an influx of international capital—the duo aims to shed their labels as regional players from the European periphery and establish a more robust, centralized foothold in the international art scene.