The art world continues its unprecedented expansion in 2015, with bigger fairs, higher sales, and more exciting talent. But despite the abundance of new ways to show, sell, and discover art, galleries remain at the epicenter of this constantly changing scene. A special summer issue of Modern Painters, which will be published in installments on ARTINFO through next week, surveys the best of them, across six continents and 36 countries. Throughout the issue you’ll also hear from 50 of the most influential gallery owners and directors, discussing their achievements and envies, the artists they have their eye on, and the regional trends affecting this increasingly international market. Below you’ll find the list of the best galleries of the UK and Ireland in 2015. To read previously published installments of this series, click here.
UNITED KINGDOM
ALAN CRISTEA GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: AlanCristea
ARTISTS: Tom Wesselmann, Langlands & Bell, Emma Stibbon, Jim Dine, Jan Dibbets, Howard Hodgkin
ESTABLISHED: 1995
CONTACT: alancristea.com, info@alancristea.com, +44 20 7439 1866
ALISON JACQUES GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: Alison Jacques
ARTISTS: LygiaClark, Maria Bartuszová, ErikaVerzutti, Takuro Kuwata, Ryan Mosley
ESTABLISHED: 2004
CONTACT: alisonjacquesgallery.com, info@alisonjacquesgallery.com, +44 20 7631 4720
ANNELY JUDA FINE ART
London
LEADERSHIP: David Juda
ARTISTS: David Hockney, Suzanne Treister, Sarah Oppenheimer, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Mary Martin
ESTABLISHED: 1960
CONTACT: annelyjudafineart.co.uk, ajfa@annelyjudafineart.co.uk, +44 20 7629 7578
BEERS LONDON
London
LEADERSHIP: Kurt Beers
ARTISTS: ATOI, Adam Lee, Janneke Van Leeuwen, Andrew Salgado, Jonathan Zawada
ESTABLISHED: 2010
CONTACT: beerslondon.com, info@beerslondon.com, +44 20 7502 9078
BLAIN|SOUTHERN
London
LEADERSHIP: Harry Blain and Graham Southern
ARTISTS: Michael Joo, Bill Viola, Mat Collishaw, Ali Banisadr, Abdoulaye Konaté
ESTABLISHED: 2010
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS: Berlin, Germany
CONTACT: blainsouthern.com, info@blainsouthern.com, +44 20 7493 4492
CARL KOSTYAL
London
LEADERSHIP: Carl Kostyál
ARTISTS: Ryan Estep, Dora Maurer, John Henderson, Helen Marten, Peter Coffin
ESTABLISHED: 2010
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS: Stockholm, Sweden
CONTACT: kostyal.com, helen@kostyal.com, +44 7847 189020
CARLOS/ISHIKAWA
London
LEADERSHIP: Vanessa Carlos
ARTISTS: Marie Angeletti, Stuart Middleton, Oscar Murillo, Pilvi Takala, Korakrit Arunanondchai
CONTACT: carlosishikawa.com, gallery@carlosishikawa.com, +44 20 70011744
CARROLL/FLETCHER
London
LEADERSHIP: Jonathon Carroll and Steve Fletcher
ARTISTS: Eva & Franco Mattes, John Akomfrah, James Clar, Christine Sun Kim, Natascha Sadr Haghighian
ESTABLISHED: 2012
CONTACT: carrollfletcher.com, info@carrollfletcher.com, +44 20 7323 6111
CORVI-MORA
London
LEADERSHIP: Tommaso Corvi-Mora
ARTISTS: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Roger Hiorns, Jennifer Packer, Imran Qureshi, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
ESTABLISHED: 2000
CONTACT: corvi-mora.com, tcm@corvi-mora.com, +44 20 7840 9111
FRITH STREET GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: Jane Hamlyn
ARTISTS: Tacita Dean, Marlene Dumas, Callum Innes, Cornelia Parker, Thomas Schütte
ESTABLISHED: 1989
CONTACT: frithstreetgallery.com, info@frithstreetgallery.com, +44 20 7494 1550
GAZELLI ART HOUSE
London
LEADERSHIP: Mila Askarova
ARTISTS: Niyaz Najafov, Do Ho Suh, Jane McAdam Freud, Recycle Group, Charlotte Colbert
ESTABLISHED: 2003
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS: Baku, Azerbaijan
CONTACT: gazelliarthouse.com, info@gazelliarthouse.com, +44 20 7491 8816
GREENGRASSI GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: Cornelia Grassi
ARTISTS: Tomma Abts, Janice Kerbel, Vincent Fecteau, Frances Stark, Alessandro Pessoli
ESTABLISHED: 1997
CONTACT: greengrassi.com, info@greengrassi.com, +44 20 7840 9101
HALES GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: Paul Hedge and Paul Maslin
ARTISTS: Adam Dant, Carolee Schneemann, Rachael Champion, Frank Bowling, Sebastiaan Bremer
ESTABLISHED: 1992
CONTACT: halesgallery.com, info@halesgallery.com, +44 20 7033 1938
HANNAHBARRY
London
LEADERSHIP: Hannah Barry
ARTISTS: Mohammed Qasim Ashfaq, Marie Jacotey, James Capper, James Balmforth, Shaun McDowell
ESTABLISHED: 2008
CONTACT: hannahbarry.com, hello@hannahbarry.com, +44 20 7732 5453
HERALD ST
London
LEADERSHIP: Nicky Verber and Ash L’Ange
ARTISTS: Christina Mackie, Oliver Payne, Donald Urquhart, Nicole Wermers,Ida Ekblad
ESTABLISHED: 2005
CONTACT: heraldst.com, mail@heraldst.com, +44 20 7168 2566
INGLEBY GALLERY
Edinburgh
LEADERSHIP: Florence and Richard Ingleby
ARTISTS: Richard Forster, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Peter Liversidge, Callum Innes, Katie Paterson
ESTABLISHED: 1998
CONTACT: inglebygallery.com, info@inglebygallery.com, +44 131 556 4441
JOSH LILLEY
London
LEADERSHIP: Josh Lilley
ARTISTS: Analia Saban, Christof Mascher, Rebecca Nassauer, Vicky Wright, Belén, Matt Lipps, Peter Linde Busk
ESTABLISHED: 2009
CONTACT: joshlilleygallery.com, info@joshlilley.com, +44 20 7580 5677
KATE MACGARRY
London
LEADERSHIP: Kate MacGarry
ARTISTS: Peter McDonald, Patricia Treib, Tiago Carneiro da Cunha, Renee So, Matt Bryans
ESTABLISHED: 2002
CONTACT: katemacgarry.com, mail@katemacgarry.com, +44 20 7613 0515
KRISTIN HJELLEGJERDE
London
LEADERSHIP: Kristin Hjellegjerde
ARTISTS: Dawit Abebe, Martine Poppe, Soheila Sokhanvari, Sebastian Helling, Chris Agnew, Richard Stone
ESTABLISHED: 2012
CONTACT: kristinhjellegjerde.com, info@kristinhjellegjerde.com, +44 20 8875 0110
LAURA BARTLETT GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: Laura Bartlett and Madeleine Martin
ARTISTS: Marie Lund, Martin Skauen, Cyprien Gaillard, Nina Beier, Harrell Fletcher
ESTABLISHED: 2006
CONTACT: laurabartlettgallery.com, info@laurabartlettgallery.com, +44 20 3487 0507
LIMONCELLO
London
LEADERSHIP: Rebecca May Marston
ARTISTS: Jack Strange, Kate Owens, Jesse Wine, Bedwyr Williams, MattGolden
ESTABLISHED: 2007
CONTACT: limoncellogallery.co.uk, limoncello@limoncellogallery.co.uk, +44 20 7923 7033
LISSON GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: Nicholas Logsdail, Alex Logsdail, and Greg Hilty
ARTISTS: Ai Weiwei, Allora & Calzadilla, Tony Cragg, Carmen Herrera, Anish Kapoor
ESTABLISHED: 1967
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS: Milan, Italy; New York, U.S.
CONTACT: lissongallery.com, contact@lissongallery.com, +44 20 7724 2739
MARY MARY
Glasgow
LEADERSHIP: Hannah Robinson
ARTISTS: Alistair Frost, Aleana Egan, Alexis Teplin, Jonathan Gardner, Lorna Macintyre
ESTABLISHED: 2006
CONTACT: marymarygallery.co.uk, info@marymarygallery.co.uk, +44 141 226 2257
MAUREEN PALEY
London
LEADERSHIP: Maureen Paley
ARTISTS: Liam Gillick, Maureen Gallace, Hamish Fulton, Wolfgang Tillmans, Kaye Donachie
ESTABLISHED: 1984
CONTACT: maureenpaley.com, info@maureenpaley.com, +44 20 7729 4112
HAMILTONS
London
LEADERSHIP: Tim Jefferies
ARTISTS: Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Kobi Israel, Herb Ritts
ESTABLISHED: 1985
CONTACT: hamiltonsgallery.com, art@hamiltonsgallery.com, +44 20 7734 7760
PILAR CORRIAS
London
LEADERSHIP: Pilar Corrias
ARTISTS: Leigh Ledare, Ken Okiishi, Rachel Rose, John Skoog, Shahzia Sikander
ESTABLISHED: 2008
CONTACT: pilarcorrias.com, info@pilarcorrias.com, +44 20 7323 7000
PIPPY HOULDSWORTH GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: Pippy Houldsworth
ARTISTS: Francesca DiMattio, Yuken Teruya, Shezad Dawood, Martha Rosler, Yinka Shonibare
CONTACT: houldsworth.co.uk, gallery@houldsworth.co.uk, +44 20 7734 7760
SEVENTEEN
London
LEADERSHIP: David Hoyland and Nicholas Letchford
ARTISTS: David Raymond Conroy, Sophie Michael, Sachin Kaeley, Jimmy Merris, Karin Lehmann
ESTABLISHED: 2005
CONTACT: seventeengallery.com, info@seventeengallery.com, +44 20 7249 7789
SIMON LEE
London
LEADERSHIP: Simon Lee
ARTISTS: Toby Ziegler, Josephine Pryde, George Condo, Sherrie Levine, Angela Bulloch
ESTABLISHED: 2002
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS: New York, U.S.; Hong Kong, China
CONTACT: simonleegallery.com, info@simonleegallery.com, +44 20 7491 0100
SKARSTEDT
London
LEADERSHIP: Per Skarstedt
ARTISTS: Eric Fischl, Mike Kelley, Yves Klein, Juan Muñoz, Franz West
ESTABLISHED: 1994
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS: New York, U.S.
CONTACT: skartstedt.com, london@skarstedt.com, +44 20 7499 5200
SPRUETH MAGERS
London
LEADERSHIP: Philomene Magers and Monika Sprüth
ARTISTS: John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, Alexandre Singh
ESTABLISHED: 1983
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS: Berlin and Cologne, Germany; Los Angeles, U.S.
CONTACT: spruethmagers.com, info@spruethmagers.com, +44 20 7408 1613
STEPHEN FRIEDMAN
London
LEADERSHIP: Stephen Friedman
ARTISTS: Juan Araujo, Robert Buck, Jim Hodges, Ged Quinn, Luiz Zerbini
ESTABLISHED: 1995
CONTACT: stephenfriedman.com, info@stephenfriedman.com, +44 20 7494 1434
STUART SHAVE/MODERN ART
London
LEADERSHIP: Stuart Shave
ARTISTS: Karla Black, Jacqueline Humphries, Eva Rothschild, Steven Shearer, Richard Tuttle
ESTABLISHED: 1998
CONTACT: modernart.net, info@modernart.net, +44 20 7299 7950
THE APPROACH
London
LEADERSHIP: Jake Miller and Emma Robertson
ARTISTS: Allison Katz, Magali Reus, Lisa Oppenheim, John Stezaker, Jack Lavender
ESTABLISHED: 1997
CONTACT: theapproach.co.uk, info@theapproach.co.uk, +44 20 8983 3878
THE MAYOR GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: James Mayor
ARTISTS: Otto Piene, Anne Appleby, Heinz Mack, Sylvia Heider, Dadamaino
ESTABLISHED: 1925
CONTACT: mayorgallery.com, info@mayorgallery.com, +44 20 7734 3558
THOMAS DANE GALLERY
London
LEADERSHIP: Thomas Dane, Martine d’Anglejan-Chatillon, and François Chantala
ARTISTS: Steve McQueen, Michael Landy, Glenn Ligon, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Cecily Brown
ESTABLISHED: 2004
CONTACT: thomasdanegallery.com, info@thomasdanegallery.com, +44 20 7925 2505
TIMOTHY TAYLOR
London
LEADERSHIP: Tim Taylor
ARTISTS: Philip Guston, Gabriel de la Mora, Lee Friedlander, Mai-Thu Perret, Lucy Williams
ESTABLISHED: 1996
CONTACT: timothytaylorgallery.com, mail@timothytaylor.com, +44 20 7409 3344
VICTORIA MIRO
London
LEADERSHIP: Victoria Miro
ARTISTS: Doug Aitken, Peter Doig, Alice Neel, Chris Ofili, Celia Paul
ESTABLISHED: 1985
CONTACT: victoria-miro.com, info@victoria-miro.com, +44 20 7336 8109
VIGO
London
LEADERSHIP: Toby Clarke
ARTISTS: Ibrahim El-Salahi, Leonardo Drew, Kadar Brock, Isabel Yellin, Marcus Harvey
ESTABLISHED: 2011
CONTACT: vigogallery.com, info@vigogallery.com, +44 20 7493 3492
WHITE CUBE
London
LEADERSHIP: Jay Jopling
ARTISTS: Jake & Dinos Chapman, Anselm Kiefer, Virginia Overton, Raqib Shaw, Zhang Huan
ESTABLISHED: 1993
INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS: Hong Kong, China; São Paulo, Brazil
CONTACT: whitecube.com, enquiries@whitecube.com, +44 20 7930 5373
IRELAND
GREEN ON RED
Dublin
LEADERSHIP: Jerome O Drisceoil
ARTISTS: Mary FitzGerald, Ronan McCrea, Arno Kramer, Niamh McCann, Nigel Rolfe
ESTABLISHED: 1997
CONTACT: greenonredgallery.com, info@greenonredgallery.com, +353 87 245 4282
KERLIN GALLERY
Dublin
LEADERSHIP: David Fitzgerald, Darragh Hogan, and John Kennedy
ARTISTS: Phillip Allen, Maureen Gallace, Guggi, Sean Scully, Liliane Tomasko
ESTABLISHED: 1988
CONTACT: kerlingallery.com, gallery@kerlin.ie, +35316709093
MOTHER’S TANKSTATION
Dublin
LEADERSHIP: Finola Jones
ARTISTS: UriAran, Nina Canell, Cui Jie, Mairead O’hEocha, Yuri Pattison
ESTABLISHED: 2006
CONTACT: motherstankstation.com, gallery@motherstankstation.com, +353 1 671 7654
