Prominent New York Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Found Dead in Rio de Janeiro

Sikkema, founder of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., was found with stab wounds; police investigation ongoing.

Brent Sikkema, founder of the New York gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co., was found dead in his Rio de Janeiro residence on Monday, January 15.
Sikkema was found with stab wounds and the homicide department of Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police is investigating.
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. represents artists including Kara Walker, Sheila Hicks, Jeffrey Gibson, as well as Brazilians Vik Muniz and Luiz Zerbini.
Sikkema began his career working in galleries 1971 as director of exhibitions at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York.
Sikkema is survived by his husband and 12-year-old son.