Galerie Sardine’s Valentina Akerman Talks Building an Experimental Gallery in the Hamptons

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, an ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world.When art director Valentina Akerman and her husband, artist Joe Bradley, opened a gallery out of a weathered Amagansett rental last summer, it wasn’t with a five-year plan or an investor pitch deck in hand. It began more as a lovingly improvised experiment, fueled by impulse, instinct, and a small army of artist friends who