18. Hannah & Hilary Fagadau, Owners, 12.26 Contemporary Art Gallery: A City Excited About Art, Risk and Profitability, & Allowing the Artist to Speak

Hannah is co-owner of 12.26, a Dallas-based contemporary art gallery, with her sister Hilary Fagadau. Before starting 12.26, Hannah spent three years on the development team at Dallas Contemporary. She holds a MA in Arts Administration from Columbia University.

After receiving a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas, Hilary Fagadau worked in art book publishing for Artbook D.A.P. in New York City. Most recently, she was the director of a contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles.

Hannah, Hilary, and I discuss running a new gallery during a pandemic, balancing the love of art and profitability, and what it means to be a woman in the art space.

12.26 was featured in Artsy, D Magazine, and  Dallas Morning News. 

https://www.gallery1226.com/

https://www.instagram.com/12.26_tx/

Run Time: 42 minutes

Original record date: February 19, 2021

Host, Earlina Green Hamilton 

Chapters

• 2:00 sister act
• 2:34 pandemic processing - Hannah
• 4:04 work from home show
• 5:26 pandemic processing - Hilary
• 9:06 legacy and market
• 11:33 origin stories and eye brows
• 14:52 art as a passion
• 16:16 12.26 - Hilary
• 18:17 12.26 - Hannah
• 20:50 curating
• 24:22 risk & profitability - Hannah
• 25:29 risk & profitability - Hilary
• 27:23 worldview
• 32:07 technology - Hannah
• 34:07 technology - Hilary
• 36:13 next generation - Hannah
• 38:24 next generation - Hilary