Jean David Malat

Career

Jean-David Malat is an internationally recognised curator and art expert who currently works privately with special clients. He was the former Director of Opera Gallery London, a position he held for 12 years. Malat's curatorial projects have been reviewed and praised by publications such as Metro Newspaper, Glass Magazine, Market Magazine, BBC, and telegraph.

In June 2017, Metro UK stated Malat was "Known as the ‘most well-connected man in London’″ and 2011 saw London Loves Business accredit Malat with "a legacy of plucking artists from obscurity – or off the street – and making them international".

Malat trained at Sotheby's. He has sold several late-period Picasso paintings, two of them acquired during the 2008 recession.

In 2007, Malat redesigned the art-on-display of the Théâtre Mogador for its opening, by including works of several contemporary artists from the Opera Gallery.

Malat writes articles for LUX Magazine. Gridlock Magazine foresaw Malat's influence on the British Art Market in their 2011 article "Jean David – The Future of British Art", with his stance on Art as Business.

Since 2011, Malat has found a niche in the street art market, which he is developing through Opera Gallery shows.

In June 2013, Malat curated The Many Faces of David Bowie show.

In 2013, Malat wrote an article on the 55th year Venice Biennale for the Arbuturian.

In 2014, Malat curated the Marc Chagall exhibition at Opera Gallery London and the Bernard Buffet exhibition at the Heydar Aliyev Center Baku Azerbaijan.

In 2015, Malat started working with the hyper realistic German artist Mike Dargas that he discovered on Instagram.

Malat looks for new painters, sculptors or photographers. He represents:

Malat supports the Serpentine Gallery and is a patron of the Tate gallery.

Curated projects