Alison Jacques Gallery

Alison Jacques Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Fitzrovia, established in 2004 by Alison Jacques.

Details

Originally sited in a small townhouse off Bond Street, London W1, it relocated in 2007 to a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) space at 16-18 Berners Street opposite the Sanderson Hotel in Fitzrovia. The exhibition space, designed by Mike Rundell and Associates, has over 5 metres of ceiling height.

Jacques was formerly News Editor of Flash Art magazine in Milan and Curator of the British School at Rome, and later worked with Leslie Waddington in Cork Street. From 1998 to 2003, Jacques was a partner in AspreyJacques Gallery based in Mayfair. Since opening her own gallery in 2004, Jacques has developed an exhibition program of both unknown and established artists, representing the estates of artists including Mária Bartuszová, Lygia Clark, Roy Oxlade, Dorothea Tanning[1] and Hannah Wilke. Jacques has worked with the estate of Robert Mapplethorpe since 1999. Her curatorial approach has been on unknown bodies of work by Mapplethorpe such as his early Polaroids from the 1970s and his works and sculptures.

In 2019, TimeOut ranked the gallery as one of the top 50 in London, amongst major institutions and private foundations. Eddy Frankel said, “This Fitzrovia gallery has some serious art clout, representing Juergen Teller plus the estates of Robert Mapplethorpe and Ana Mendieta.”[2]

The gallery often holds events and talks in conjunction with the current exhibition, with well-known curators[3] and critics.[4]

The gallery has published books including Lygia Clark, Sheila Hicks, Dorothea Tanning and Hannah Wilke as well as supporting museum monographs on the gallery artists.

References
  1. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/3338895/alison-jacques-on-her-gallerys-future-plans
  2. "The 50 best galleries in London". Time Out London. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. "Event: Stephanie Rosenthal on Lygia Clark". Alison Jacques Gallery.
  4. "Event: Griselda Pollock on Hannah Wilke". Alison Jacques Gallery.

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