Ron Rivlin

Rivlin began his career in the 1990s as a concert promoter focused on electronic and hip hop music. In 1995, he launched Daybreaks Productions, organizing large-scale music events across North America. He later founded the talent agency Coast II Coast Entertainment, which represented acts such as Run DMC, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Biz Markie, Junior Vasquez, Louie Vega, and Infected Mushroom.^[1][2] The agency operated for over two decades and closed in 2023.

In 2012, Rivlin established Revolver Gallery in Beverly Hills, California. The gallery is focused exclusively on the art and legacy of Andy Warhol. Rivlin has curated multiple Warhol exhibitions, including:

• Warhol: A Different Idea of Love (Vancouver, 2015)^[3][4]
• Andy Warhol Revisited: A Mirror For Today (Toronto, 2015)^[5]
• Andy Warhol Revisited: Thirty Years Later (Los Angeles, 2017)^[6][7]

Rivlin works in authenticating Warhol screenprints. His involvement with the FBI’s art crime division began after he uncovered a forged Warhol consignment, prompting an investigation and further collaboration on cases involving forgery and fraud.^[8][9] His work has been discussed in publications including The New York Times, and Newsweek.^[10][11]

On January 7, 2025, Rivlin’s home and a portion of his private art collection were destroyed in the Palisades Fire, a fast-moving wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. The fire destroyed over 200 works from Rivlin’s collection, including more than 30 original pieces by Andy Warhol and Keith Haring.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Ron Rivlin was born in Toronto, Ontario. He attended the University of Western Ontario before relocating to Los Angeles, California, where he currently resides. He is married and has two children.^[16][17]