Over the past five years, a wave of risk-taking, sharp-eyed galleries have opened around the world. Here are 23 shaping the conversation.

The 11 individuals on CULTURED’s eighth annual Young Collectors list embody a certain kind of single-minded obsession. Some were raised by storied patrons; others found a passion for art on their own, often leaving their families perplexed. All share an interest in spreading the gospel, leaving the art world a little more curious than they found it.

Individually, these artists' photographs are a means for reckoning with trauma, deepening and transforming the art of the portrait, relying on traditional practices to explore and experiment and take risks, among myriad other ends.