Natalie Portman's art-world satire The Gallerist gets a trailer and a December 4 release
A trailer is out for The Gallerist, an art-world satire in which Natalie Portman plays an art dealer, and the film is set for cinemas on December 4. ArtNews published the trailer on November 5, 2026.
An art dealer is someone who buys and sells paintings, sculpture and other works for collectors and museums. A satire is a film that uses humour to poke fun at its subject. Here, the subject is the business of selling art.
In the film, Portman plays a Miami art dealer, according to Variety. The story has a running time of 89 minutes, which makes it a fairly short feature by modern standards.
Cathy Yan directed the film. Yan is also the director of Birds of Prey, the 2020 superhero spinoff. The cast includes Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta Jones and Sterling K. Brown. Ortega, Zeta Jones and Brown appear alongside Portman in the trailer's cast list.
The film first screened at the Sundance Film Festival, the independent movie event held each winter in Utah. A premiere is a film's first public showing, and Sundance is one of the most closely watched places for those. Variety reported the film's release plans in August.
Roadside Attractions and Vertical have acquired the US distribution rights to the film. Distribution rights are the permission to show a film in a particular country, and the companies that hold them decide how and where it reaches audiences. The Playlist reported the December 4 date and the trailer on the same day as ArtNews.
A wide theatrical release means the film will open in a large number of cinemas at once, rather than in a few cities first. Cinema-goers in the United States will be able to see it from that date.
At the Sundance press events in January, Portman wore "ICE Out" and "Be Good" pins, according to Variety. Those pins were part of her public appearances for the film, not part of its plot.
For anyone who has never stepped into a gallery, the film offers a look at how the art trade works from the inside. The trailer and the December release give audiences a first chance to judge that for themselves.
