2012-12-31

Hales Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Hales Gallery opened in 1992 as an alternative space in Deptford, South London. From this unlikely venue, Paul Hedge and Paul Maslin successfully launched the careers of a number of emerging British artists at that time, including among many others, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Mike Nelson and Sarah Jones.

The venue's café became a social focal point for artists and created a good environment for the development and exchange of ideas. Both the gallery and café were regularly written about in the art press, national and international newspapers and attracted worldwide media attention.

In 1997 Hales became a commercial gallery and began to represent artists from international backgrounds including Tomoko Takahashi, Spencer Tunick, Hew Locke and Hans Op de Beeck. In 2004 Hales moved to its current new gallery space designed by architects HawkinsBrown in the Tea Building in London's East End.

Website : http://www.halesgallery.com/

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2012-12-28

French Art Studio - London - United Kingdom

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French art studio presents French contemporary art in London. After six years showcasing French artists through art fairs and pop up exhibitions, we moved into our own venue on Gloucester Road in May 2012 - 100m2 of Paris at the heart of London! We present a fine selection of paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs by artists who already have a successful career in France and are still little known to UK art amateurs. Our intimate knowledge of the French art world helps us spotting talent with strong international potential. We regularly receive new artworks from France - offering interesting surprises all the time. In a friendly atmosphere, we wish to make art buying and non intimidating and fun experience. We also offer multiple services of commissioning, art consultancy, free delivery, and to make things easier: private viewing at your home.

Website : http://www.thefrenchartstudio.com/index.cfm

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2012-12-27

Frith Street Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Originally occupying two adjacent townhouses in London’s Frith Street, the gallery was established in 1989 as a forum to present the best in contemporary drawing. Expanding into a wide range of media, Frith Street Gallery quickly became known for representing a distinctive group of artists working in film, photography, painting and sculpture. We currently work with 20 artists from Britain and abroad - a mixture of established and emerging figures.

The gallery moved to its current purpose built location on Golden Square, just a short distance from Frith Street, in 2007. We stage 5 solo exhibitions per year and each summer invite an independent curator to organise a group exhibition of non gallery artists.

Website :http://www.frithstreetgallery.com/

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2012-12-26

Johnny Van Haeften Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Johnny Van Haeften, of Dutch ancestry, was born in 1952 in London and educated in England, at Eton. He joined Christie's in 1969 and spent eight years there partly in the Press Office and partly in the Stamp Department; Johnny remains a keen philatelist.

In 1977 he left Christie's and set up Johnny Van Haeften Ltd with his wife Sarah whom he married the same year; their first gallery was in New Bond Street on the 3rd floor above Boucheron. In 1982 he moved to the present gallery at 13 Duke Street, St James's, specialising in Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Van Haeften Gallery is the only gallery in London dealing exclusively in this field.

Johnny’s former roles include Vice Chairman of the Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD), Council Member of the British Antique Dealers Association (BADA), and Member of the Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair Executive Committee.

Johnny is currently an Executive Committee member of The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF).

Website : http://www.johnnyvanhaeften.com/

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2012-12-25

Grosvenor Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Grosvenor Gallery was first established by the American sociologist and writer EricEstoric (1913-1993) who began to collect works of art when he came to live in England after the Second World War. Estorick’s love affair with the art world began while he was a student in New York University in the 1930s. In the college library, where Estorick spent long hours, he was exposed to one of the most important collections of 20th century art. It contained the works of almost every famous artist of the period – Braque, Arp, Brancusi, Gonzales, Klee, Leger, Matisse and more. This collection was to have a major influence on him.

Estorick moved to England in 1947 after his marriage to Salome Dessau. In the initial years, the couple developed a major collection of Italian art, which at one time was considered the most important collection of Italian art outside Italy. It was exhibited in major exhibitions including the one at the Tate Gallery in 1956. It was then that Estorick became a full time art dealer and went on to establish the Grosvenor Gallery in 1960, with its first premise on Davies Street. It was the largest and best equipped gallery in England at the time. The old Grosvenor Gallery that specialized in the Pre-Raphaelites had closed in 1906.

Around this time, several of the older galleries of London closed down. A number of young British artists associated with these galleries joined Estorick in his new venture. This move along with Estorick’s own remarkable collection of 20th century art led Grosvenor Gallery to prominence.

Grosvenor Gallery went on to exhibit some of the major European artists of the time – some for the first time in London such as Magritte, Picasso, Sironi, Chagall, Lissitzky and Archipenko. Grosvenor Gallery also represented an impressive group of young artists such as Michael Ayrton, Jack Smith, Prunella Clough, John Hoskin and Karl Weschke. Estorick also added the already well known artists F.N. Souza and Paul Feiler. It held important exhibitions of Italian art such as First Image in 1963 including the works by the painter Enrico Baj and sculptors Cascella and Silvestri, a major retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sironi.

Apart from Western European art, the Gallery was the principal outlet in the West for modern art from Eastern Europe. It also sold works by living Soviet artists, which was a major accomplishment for a Western gallery. Furthermore Estorick championed several South African artists notably Stern, Dumile and Kumalo.

The Gallery was located on Albermale street in the 1990s and then in 2000 it moved to Ryder Street. It was still dealing in Modern British and International Art while exhibiting primarily Modern and Contemporary Indian art.

The artist F.N. Souza has been a focus, his first show was The Human and the Divine Predicament (1964), followed by Black Art and Other Paintings (1966) followed by shows in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005 at the Tate Britain in London and 2 shows in New York in 2005 and 2008.

In 2006, Grosvenor Gallery collaborated with Vadehra Art Gallery in New Delhi to form Grosvenor Vadehra. The purpose of this collaboration was to promote international art in India and Indian art in the United Kingdom. There were three inaugural exhibitions of Indian art at the time The Moderns Revisited, Inverting/Inventing Traditions and Here and Now: Young Voices from India, which were all well received in London. Since then the Gallery has has continued to have exhibitions of modern and contemporary Indian art. It also had exhibitions of international art in India including a Pablo Picasso exhibition in 2006 and a highly acclaimed exhibition of Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon along with Tyeb Mehta and F.N. Souza in 2007.

The gallery currently also represents two of the finest living painters in the UK, Mark Shields and Victor Newsome.

Going forward Grosvenor Gallery will continue to focus on showing the best Modern and Contemporary Art from India and Britain and as well as some masterpieces.

Website : http://grosvenorgallery.com/

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2012-12-24

Francesca Galloway - London - United Kingdom

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Francesca Galloway is well known internationally for her expertise, taste and integrity in the field of Indian miniatures and courtly objects. She is also a specialist of Islamic and European textiles.

In the early 1970s Francesca worked in Rome for Christie's before joining Spink & Son at the height of the Persian art boom in 1976. She became a director and co-authored a number of seminal exhibitions on Islamic art, Indian painting and textiles until she set up her own business in 1992.

We hold yearly exhibitions on a number of topics in our Mayfair gallery. We broker important private collections and advise collectors. Our catalogues designed by Anikst Design are reference works in their own right.

Website : http://www.francescagalloway.com/

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2012-12-21



This is your life.
Do what you love, and do it often.
If you don't like something, change it.
If you don't have enough time, stop watching TV.
Start doing things you love.
All emotions are beautiful.
Open your mind, arms and heart to new things
and people, we are united in our differences.
Ask the next person you see what their passion is
and share your inspiring dream with them.
Travel often.
Getting lost will help you find yourself.
Some opportunities only come once, seize them.
Life is about the people you meet
and the things you create with them.
Life is short.
Live your dream.

Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein Glückliches Neues Jahr

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Israel Goldman - London - United Kingdom

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ISRAEL (BETTER KNOWN AS IZZY) GOLDMAN is one of the world’s foremost dealers in the field of Japanese prints, paintings and illustrated books. He developed a love of Japanese art at an early age, purchasing his first print in London at the age of eleven. He launched his career as a dealer after graduating from Harvard College in 1981.

Izzy became an Associate Director of the Ukiyo-e Print Dealers’ Association of Japan in 1988 and has been a member of the International Fine Print Dealer's Association (IFPDA) since its founding in 1990. He is also a director of the International Ukiyo-e Society of Japan. He exhibits annually at the Print Fair in New York and the London Original Print Fair.

Izzy sells to private collectors and museums all over the world, including such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago, the British Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, the National Gallery of Australia, the New York Public Library, and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Izzy is the co-author of Hiroshige, Birds and Flowers, George Braziller, New York, 1988. He is also a leading authority on Kawanabe Kyosai and has curated two exhibitions of the artist’s work in Tokyo -- at the Odakyu Department Store in 1996 and the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in 2002. In 2007 he negotiated the sale of the Gerhard Pulverer Collection of nearly one thousand Japanese illustrated books to the Freer/Sackler Museum. Both in size and value, this represented one of the most extensive collections of Japanese graphic art to be sold in the West in living memory.

Izzy recently sold an impression of Hokusai’s Great Wave to the British Museum. Considered to be their most important Japanese print, it was chosen for the BBC program “A History of the World in 100 Objects.” He was also instrumental in organizing the promised gift to the British Museum of approximately 2,000 prints by Kuniyoshi from the collection of Professor Arthur R. Miller. Subsequently, Izzy was a guest curator of the Kuniyoshi exhibition held in celebration of this gift at the Royal Academy, London in 2009 and at the Japan Society Gallery, New York, in 2010.

Website : http://www.israelgoldman.com/index.php

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2012-12-20

Louisa Guinness Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Work with today’s leading sculptors and painters to make jewellery. Collect and deal in past artist’s works focusing especially on jewellery.

The Gallery opened in May 2003 with an exhibition of Donald Judd Furniture. This was followed by a Ron Arad exhibition which confirmed interest in a new and developing market. The world of design meets function meets furniture meets art; Louisa Guinness identified a growing interest in this and decided to concentrate on inviting artists better known for their skills in the world of painting or sculpture to try their hand at inventing functional objects. Then followed the ‘Minimalist’ exhibition and ‘Garden furniture’ with works by Yves Klein, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Wentworth, Sol LeWitt. For further details see individual pages on exhibitions or artists.

This trend developed further. Having discovered that Picasso, Braque and Calder, to name but a few of the old masters, had made jewellery; Louisa Guinness decided to explore this angle also. She approached Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Sam Taylor Wood and worked with them to realise some wonderful new pieces to bring the exhibition of ‘Past and Present – Jewellery by 20th Century artists’ up to date. This was the beginning of a new era.

Each new work is published in a small edition to the highest standard. Most are handmade in London’s famous Hatton Garden district or the artist’s studio. Handmade leather boxes, some with Perspex lids have been made in order to display the jewellery. The ethos behind the jewellery is that it serves as small sculpture whist it is not being worn, it can sit on a coffee table or in a dressing room as a work of art.

Louisa Guinness uncovered a new market, rich with ancient gems in the homes of some lucky collectors and occasionally appearing at auction and decided this was an area she intended to focus on. Her husband, Ben Brown has taken over dealing with Ron Arad and Louisa Guinness spends her time talking to artists and jewellery makers and creating new works of jewellery to add to her stable. She has established herself as the leading dealer in artist’s jewellery in the world.

Website : http://www.louisaguinnessgallery.com/home/

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2012-12-19

Halcyon Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Halcyon Gallery was established in 1982 as a platform for inspirational art. The gallery is now based in Mayfair, London and represents a selection of renowned international artists. Together Halcyon Gallery’s four London spaces host a diverse programme of contemporary art, showing both established artists and new, emerging talent. A dedicated team specialise in rare masterpieces ranging from Impressionism to Pop Art, working closely with clients to build collections that have emotional resonance and importantly, impeccable provenances.

Philanthropy is an essential element of Halcyon Gallery’s culture and the organization supports a number of charities including The Royal Parks Foundation and The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award World Fellowship. A public art programme was conceived in 2008 to support philanthropic projects and to make art more accessible to the public. Following its success in London, the programme has now been extended to international locations.

Website : http://www.halcyongallery.com/

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2012-12-18

Guillochon Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Guillochon Gallery focuses on work by artists who combine traditional skills with contemporary concerns. We support work that is visually pleasing while retaining a degree of intellectual integrity.

Instead of adhering purely to the established gallery model, the current climate has allowed Guillochon Gallery to adopt a slightly different approach to exhibiting. The gallery combines a permanent space while also making use of the plethora of unoccupied properties in London, unlocking opportunities to obtain unusual and exciting exhibition venues and bringing contemporary art further to the doorstep of the general public.

In another move away from the established gallery model, the gallery does not represent artists, instead choosing to exhibit the work of artists.

Website :http://www.guillochongallery.co.uk/

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2012-12-17

GALERIE8 - London - United Kingdom

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GALERIE8 is a contemporary art gallery located in the Arthaus building of London Fields. Through exploration of the art form’s relation to its social and cultural context, the programme presents international and local artists, site-specific installations, and innovative platforms that look for alternatives to the traditional gallery space.

The atrium space spans five floors and encompasses 250 square meters, allowing for natural light and large-scale works. The gallery publishes print and online catalogues and journals as an extension of the exhibitions, talks, performances and film screenings programme.

Website : http://www.galerie8.co.uk/

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2012-12-14

Foss Fine Art - London - United Kingdom

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Established in 2001, Foss Fine Art is an intimate art gallery off Northcote Road in Battersea, SW11.

Specialising in Contemporary British Fine Art we have a strong commitment to promoting emerging and mid-career artists working within the Modern British Tradition whose emphasis on the narrative encourages the imagination and challenges the viewer's perception.

Artists include: David Brayne RWS, Jeremy Gardiner, Catherine Hyde, Elisabeth Lecourt and Nicholas Turner RWA.

The Gallery also regularly exhibits Modern Master prints, amongst others, Sir Peter Blake, Sandra Blow, Bruce McLean, Barbara Rae and Contemporary Applied Art by Jane Muir and Ros Rixon.

Website : http://www.fossfineart.com/index.htm

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2012-12-13

Flow Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Flow situated in the heart of Notting Hill, was established by Yvonna Demczynska in 1999 to showcase the best of international and British applied arts. The gallery features six exhibitions a year as well as having a permanent collection of contemporary crafts. The exhibitions are curated by flow as well as some guest curators.

Flow represents over 100 artists working in ceramics, glass, paper, wood, textiles, metal and jewellery. flow works both with collectors and more recently with corporate clients who are establishing collections of applied arts. We are very happy to assist customers with small gifts, wedding lists as well as individual commissions for their homes.

Website : http://www.flowgallery.co.uk/

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2012-12-12

The Fine Art Society - London - United Kingdom

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The Fine Art Society was established in 1876, and specialises in 19th and 20th century British art and design.

The Fine Art Society Contemporary launched in 2005 to continue our legacy of contemporary exhibitions in a specially dedicated space with a progressive exhibition-led programme.

Website : http://www.faslondon.com/

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2012-12-11

Flying Colours Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Flying Colours Gallery is based in Chelsea and has been showing some of the finest Contemporary Art for twenty years. Founded in Scotland the gallery promotes both emerging talent and established names.

Website : http://www.flyingcoloursgallery.com/index.php

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2012-12-10

FOLD Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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FOLD Gallery London was established in 2008 in an old warehouse in Hackney’s London Fields.

Originally run as a crossover between a commercial gallery and a project space, FOLD specialised in producing group shows. These gave the opportunity for UK based and international artists from emerging to mid-career practices to be brought together by strongly themed shows. The principle goal behind the theme based group exhibitions was to expand the reach of the gallery by constantly bringing in new audiences.

Now re-located in the heart of Clerkenwell, FOLD Gallery continues to push its reach to new audiences. Although now the programme is certainly more commercially viable, the focus still remains on strongly themed shows. Now punctuated with significant solo shows, the gallery programme continues to strive to present all of the artists work within context, to give the viewer the best opportunity to gain understanding of the intentions of the artist, whilst viewing the work displayed to the highest possible standards.

Website : http://www.foldgallery.com/

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2012-12-07

Flowers Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Angela Flowers established her first gallery in 1970 on Lisle Street in London's West End. In the 1980s, the gallery was one of the first to open in London's East End, in a former laundry/fur storage facility in Hackney, and the space became known as Flowers East. Matthew Flowers, Angela's son, took over day to day operations in 1989. In 1997, the gallery expanded further with a Los Angeles space, at Bergamot Station.

There are now two gallery spaces in London: a West End premises on Cork Street opened in 2000 and in 2002 the gallery moved from Hackney into a 12,000 sq foot industrial space in Shoreditch, East London. The US business relocated in 2003 from LA to New York on Madison Avenue, and then in 2009 moved to West 20th street in Chelsea.

Website : http://www.flowersgallery.com/exhibitions/flowers/

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2012-12-06

Fiumano Fine Art - London - United Kingdom

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Ever since she can remember Francesca dreamed of opening her own contemporary art gallery. In pursuit of this dream she read History of Art at Reading University and graduated with a First Class Honors degree. Francesca opened her first art gallery in 2001 whilst completing her Master’s degree.

Francesca’s ability to work closely with artists and clients has been the foundation of the success of Fiumano Fine Art.

“Art is pleasure for the eye and visiting a gallery should reflect this. When people visit Fiumano Fine Art I want them to feel both relaxed by our friendly approach and excited by the work on display”

Francesca Fiumano is a founder member of the Association of Women Art Dealers.

Website : http://www.fiumanofineart.com/

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2012-12-05

J+BAN Fine Art Consultancy Ltd - London - United Kingdom

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Kathryn Bell founded Fine Art Consultancy Ltd in 1990 and then the exchange programme Japanese & British Art Now in 1995.

Her company is established in both London and Tokyo and specialises in contemporary British and Japanese art. J&BAN has developed and created a visual and international dialogue since its first exhibition in Tokyo in 1997 and has become an established entity.

Over the years the company has gained a reputation for the support of interesting and challenging work and takes a pride in placing surprising yet accessible pieces in the domestic and working environment. Our success is based on years of experience combined with the way in which every project is carefully managed from start to finish.

Website : http://www.fineartconsultancy.com/en/bg.html

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2012-12-04

Anne Faggionato - London - United Kingdom

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Anne Faggionato launched her first art gallery in 1979 in 12 Duke Street, London. In 1987 she renamed her gallery as Grob Gallery and moved to the present location in 20 Dering Street, in Mayfair, London. The design of the new gallery was commissioned to architect Arata Isozaki. In 1995 she became the sole proprietor of the gallery and renamed it as “Anne Faggionato”.

As an art dealer Anne Faggionato specialised in Modern and Contemporary paintings, sculpture and works on paper, having sold works by Matisse, Picasso, Warhol, Whiteread and Damien Hirst among others.

Website : http://annefaggionato.websites.bta.com/Default.aspx

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2012-12-03

Entwistle Gallery - London - United Kingdom

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Roberta and Lance Entwistle have been dealing in African and Oceanic Art for over 25 years, during which time they have acquired an unrivalled international reputation for quality and professionalism. They have been instrumental in the creation of some of the finest private collections formed in the last two decades as well as assisting many museums in developing their holdings. This has involved trading for their own account but also providing general advice relating to purchasing, both privately and at auction, appraisal for both sale and insurance, conservation advice and assistance in the sale of Tribal works of art.

The extensive activity and experience of L & R Entwistle and Co Ltd in the markets of North America, Europe and the Far East give the company a unique perspective on international market conditions so enabling their clients to maximise their opportunities for both buying and selling Tribal Art.

Website : http://www.entwistlegallery.com/pages/london.html

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