Perry Rubenstein

Perry Roy Rubenstein (January 15, 1954 - July 21, 2022) was an American gallerist and private art advisor.

Early life Perry Roy Rubenstein was born on January 15, 1954, in Philadelphia, PA, to Samuel Rubenstein and Lydia Rubenstein (née Kogan, later Virshup), a homemaker. He was raised by his stepfather, Edwin Virshup, who owned and operated a distribution company. Both sets of his grandparents hailed from Ukraine's Odessa Oblast.

In 2004, Rubenstein opened his eponymous gallery, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, to great success. By 2010, he had grown the gallery to encompass three spaces across Downtown Manhattan, one of which was dedicated to the display of works by new and up-and-coming artists at the time, offering early representation to artists including Robin Rhode and Amir Zaki.

In 2011, Rubenstein relocated his business to Los Angeles, taking advantage of the West Coast gallery boom, opening a Perry Rubenstein Gallery on North Highland Avenue in Hollywood. His first exhibition in his Los Angeles gallery was a solo show of works by the photographer Helmut Newton. Rubenstein sold major works by Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Takashi Murakami, and Richard Prince, among others.

Personal life On June 27th, 1996, Rubenstein married public relations executive and art advisor Sara Fitzmaurice in an interfaith ceremony at the Basilica of St Mary in Minneapolis .

On October 20, 2002, Fitzmaurice and Rubenstein welcomed their first daughter, Raffaella Rae in New York, NY. Four years later, on May 20, 2006, the couple had their second daughter, Scarlett James, also in New York, NY .

Rubenstein died of natural causes on July 21, 2022, in Los Angeles, CA.