Marine Tanguy, Founder of MTArt Agency
We are truly delighted, excited and very honored to feature our next inspiring visionary, Marine Tanguy. She revolutionized the art industry by simply focusing on investing in the artists rather than just on art when she founded MTArt Agency. Not only do they create some of the most exciting art/brand collaborations, one of their most successful projects was a public art one: https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/events/beyond-walls-explore-giant-fresco-saype-eiffel-tower (in fact it is the largest public art painting in the world). They also recently launched a collectors club with Christie’s. Marine was awarded Forbes 2018 30 under 30 Europe: Art & Culture. She is a writer and frequent speaker on contemporary art including TEDx Talks on how to transform cities with art and how social media visuals affects our minds.
Career highlights so far?
That our artists trust us to be successful daily and they are trusting us with what they have most precious: their careers. I am also very proud to having built a company that is profitable, yet with very strong social values. I like that we have done the impossible on all fronts.
Your greatest inspirations or influences?
Simone Veil, for what she has been through and yet tried to give the best to humans and inspire progressive ideas.
What is MTArt all about, how did the idea come about?
MTArt Agency is a talent agency that represents the best artists of my generation and I want them to inspire the world. The idea came from the very fact that I loved my talents and wanted to give them the best company to empower them and succeed. I also felt that my clients wanted to connect differently with artists.
How is social media changing the art world?
I feel that we can now build stronger communities thanks to social media and I also feel that it has broken down the hierarchy of talents - more and more people get to decide who is inspiring us visually. It’s more democratic.
Something you planned on doing differently this decade?
I have loved my twenties for being twenties, that is experimental, building foundations and social values. I am now excited to enter my thirties and build on top of my foundations for my business to get bigger and more successful to more artists and for my friendships and relationship to be deeper.
Favourite websites, or social media handles you enjoy to follow.
I am biased as I love following my artists - they are such inspiring people -
@elisainsua @delphinediallo, @ugurgallen, @enamgd etc
I am also lucky to have amazing friends;
Something else you’d like to share with our readers?
Life the life of your imagination, it’s my motto : ) and it worked!
Some examples of the agency’s incredible art and brand collaborations
