About Cristinerose

About Us

Cristinerose Contemporary Art is an art consulting and advisory company based in New York City. We work with corporate, public, and private clients both nationally and internationally. We offer extensive knowledge and experience in contemporary art collecting, and have a long-standing relationship with artists, galleries, auction houses, and curators. We help build, create, or expand an art collection by working with our clients and assessing their aesthetics and budgetary objectives. We also assist with the buying and selling of artworks.

About the Founder

Mariacristina Parravicini, originally from Milan, Italy, opened Cristinerose Gallery in December 1994 in Soho. In September 1997, she relocated the gallery to Chelsea. Cristinerose Gallery exhibited painting, photography, sculpture, video, drawing, and computer art. As a gallery director, Mariacristina organized exhibitions featuring established, mid-career, as well as young artists whose work was distinguished by quality, enthusiasm, advanced thinking, and a unique vision. Over the years, she curated several group shows that received critical acclaim in the press and garnered her an outstanding reputation in the New York art world. Cristinerose Gallery exhibitions were regularly featured in reviews in various publications, including The New York Times, Art Forum, Art in America, Flash Art, Time Out, Elle, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, Harper’s, Il Giornale dell’Arte, Flash Art, Tema Celeste, and others. The gallery also received TV coverage on CNN, ABC, E!, and NewYork1. Additionally Cristinerose Gallery participated in various art fairs both nationally and internationally including those in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Bologna (Italy), Torino (Italy), and Frankfurt (Germany).

Mariacristina Parravicini closed Cristinerose Gallery on December 30, 2008. In January 2009, she launched Cristinerose Contemporary Art, an art Consulting and advisory business. She travels extensively in the United States, Europe, and Asia to meet with clients, visit art fairs, attend art auctions, visit artists' studios, and work on curatorial projects.