The official trailer has arrived for The Gallerist, and it turns a Miami art fair into a crime scene with a punchline. Natalie Portman stars as Polina Polinski, an ambitious gallery owner who is broke, newly divorced and running out of time to prove herself at Art Basel Miami. Jenna Ortega plays Kiki, her assistant. When an art critic played by Zach Galifianakis dies by accident, the two women do not call the police. They pass the body off as a provocative contemporary art installation.
Roadside Attractions and Vertical debuted the official trailer on November 5, and the film opens in US theatres on December 4, 2026, according to Hypebeast and ComingSoon. The trailer, which runs two minutes and 32 seconds, makes the premise clear in its first two minutes — and the premise is the film: a broke gallerist, a dead critic, and a debut show that acquires its centrepiece by accident.
A cast stacked with stars
The supporting cast is stacked with actors who can each carry a scene on their own. Sterling K. Brown, Daniel Bruhl, Charli XCX, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Catherine Zeta-Jones round out the ensemble, according to Stupiddope — and the trailer does not give each of them a full introduction, because it does not need to. The film’s hook is the premise, and the cast is the proof that the premise attracted serious talent.
The film is directed by Cathy Yan, who co-wrote it with James Pedersen, according to Stupiddope. Yan previously directed Birds of Prey, and The Gallerist is her first feature since that film. It premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, which is a strong signal for a dark comedy of this kind, according to Bloody Disgusting.
Art, commerce and a corpse
The film’s satire is aimed at the art world itself: the money, the champagne, the bold claims about taste that move faster than any real conversation about art. Portman’s Polina is clinging to the edge of elite society, desperate to prove herself on the heels of a nasty separation and facing mounting financial hardship, according to the official synopsis. The corpse is, in the film’s logic, a solution — an improvised act of survival that becomes the centrepiece of her debut show.
The runtime is listed as one hour and 28 minutes, according to TMDB, and the film is produced by MRC. It opens in US theatres on December 4, 2026. The trailer is available now on the Roadside Attractions YouTube channel.
