Some pairings just make sense.
1790 Agency is a global collaborations and licensing agency — representing visionary artists and iconic brands, and matching them with the licensees and partners who deserve them.
INCREASE JOY · ELEVATE CULTURE · UNLEASH IMAGINATION · PROTECT INTEGRITY ·
INCREASE JOY · ELEVATE CULTURE · UNLEASH IMAGINATION · PROTECT INTEGRITY ·
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FOR ARTISTS & BRANDS
You didn’t spend years (or decades) building a voice, a name, or a body of work to hand it to someone else’s spreadsheet. We protect what’s yours with the same rigor a blue-chip gallery would, take it into new categories with the right licensees and partners, and only bring you collaborations that belong in a gallery, not a clearance rack.
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FOR LICENSEES & PARTNERS
Borrowed cool doesn't last. Real collaboration does. We bring you artists and brands who've been vetted for taste, not just followers, and we manage the relationship end-to-end, from concept to shelf, so what reaches your customers still feels like art.
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FOR THE WORLD
Great culture shouldn't live behind a velvet rope. It belongs in your hands, your home, your daily life: everywhere, for everyone. That's the whole point.
In 1790, a newly founded United States passed one of the first laws in the world protecting creative work as something worth defending. We think it still is.
Zach Wolff has spent years building artist collaborations and licensing programs with top photographers and some of the world's most recognizable brands, including Samsung, Uniqlo, H&M, Wacko Maria, and Anti Social Social Club.
He started 1790 Agency to do it his way: smaller, sharper, and led by relationships instead of a roster.
Curious who we represent? Ask nicely.