Founded by Diego Escobar in 2016 in Montpellier, ArtCan Gallery moved a year later to Marseille thanks to Nicolas Maillefert’s impulse (impetus)

ArtCan Gallery supports Contemporary Urban Art artists, from the 80s legends of American graffiti such as TOXIC, to the talents of the new wave like L’ATLAS, ZEST, KATRE, LEVALET, SPYK or even Wes21…

The opening of a second gallery in Paris was an obvious decision in order to introduce these artists to a larger audience.

Diego Escobar, for whom graffiti and Urban Art are in addition to a passion, a driving force. First through multiple acquisitions and brokerages of works of art, then in the various functions he had occupied in European auction houses such as Sotheby’s London, Galartis Lausanne and Tajan Paris.

Nicolas Maillefert has been passionate for a long time about the world of old school graffiti and Urban Art. A collector with a keen eye, he has never stopped looking for aesthetics and avant-gardism, whether in his professional life or personal collection.