Brent Sikkema
American art dealer (1948–2024)
Brent Fay Sikkema (August 13, 1948 – January 15, 2024) was an American art dealer. He was the co-founder of Sikkema Jenkins & Co, a Manhattan art gallery that represents artists including Kara Walker, Louis Fratino, Arturo Herrera, the estate of Tony Feher, Vik Muniz, and Jeffrey Gibson.
Early life
Sikkema was born on August 13, 1948, in Morrison, Illinois, the younger of two children of Dwaine Louis Sikkema and Emily "Billie" (Howe) Sikkema. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute.
Career
Sikkema began working with art in 1971 as the director of exhibitions at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York and opened his first gallery in 1976, in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. He was a partner in the art gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co, in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. It was founded in 1991 by him as Wooster Gardens.
Death
Sikkema died on January 15, 2024, at the age of 75, after he was stabbed to death in his Rio de Janeiro townhouse. Two days later, 30-year-old Alejandro Triana Prevez was arrested as a suspect. Sikkema sustained eighteen stab wounds, most of them to the face and chest, and US$3,000 was stolen from his home.
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