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It’s been a very difficult year for London’s art galleries as they are classified as shops and therefore were closed until 4 July, and are now closed again until 2 December, and maybe beyond. Planning art exhibitions is a complex and finely tuned business with all the making, scheduling, curating, publicising and marketing organised months, …
Towards the end of 2011 I wrote enthusiastically about the increase in the number of commercial galleries, from 16 in 2008 to 37. By 2012 the number peaked at around 54, but there has been a big fallout over the last five years, and we are now down to around 32 spaces. Also, these figures …
FITZROVIA ART GALLERIES Alison Jacques Gallery, 18 Berners Street ( http://www.alisonjacquesgallery.com) Arup Phase 2, 8 Fitzroy Street ( https://www.arup.com/news-and-events/events/exhibition-spaces) Bartha Contemporary, 25 Margaret Street ( http://www.barthacontemporary.com) Building Centre, Store Street ( http://www.buildingcentre.co.uk) Caroll / Fletcher, 56-57 Eastcastle Street ( http://www.carrollfletcher.com) Coningsby, 30 Tottenham Street ( http://www.coningsbygallery.com) Gallery Different, 14 Percy Street ( http://www.gallerydifferent.co.uk) Edel Assanti, …
Continue reading "Fitzrovia galleries listing, September 2017"
Fitzrovia has a lively art scene that has grown from only eight commercial galleries in 2008 to over 50 in 2015, with an additional 30 establishments that have opened and closed during this period. Around 10 per cent of all London galleries are now located in Fitzrovia, and Eastcastle Street and its environs is being heralded …
Continue reading "Fitzrovia galleries update, December 2015"
