Albemarle Gallery

Albemarle Gallery is an art gallery located in Mayfair, London. The gallery opened in 1986 and features figurative to hyper-realist artwork by local and international contemporary painters and sculptors. The original gallery closed in 1993. The gallery was reopened under new ownership in 1996.[1][2][3] The gallery closed permanently in 2017.

History

In 1986, Mark Glazebrook a private art dealer with an interest in modern British painting and drawing opened the Albemarle Gallery on Piccadilly.[4] The gallery featured over 100 artists in its first three and a half years.[5] The gallery closed in 1993. Glazebrook died in 2009.[6]

In 1996, Tony Pontone, a London-based art dealer, reopened the gallery located at 49 Albemarle St, London W1.

Artists who have exhibited at the gallery include Pablo Atchugarry, Mersad Berber, Roberto Bernardi, Daniele Cestari, Girolamo Ciulla, Maxwell Doig, Miriam Escofet, JaeHyo Lee, Malcolm T. Liepke, Judy-Ann MacMillan, Kelvin Okafor, Christopher Pugliese, Raphaella Spence, Arshak Sarkissian, Sara Rossberg, and Luciano Ventrone.[7][8]

Publications

  • Festival Of Spanish Paintings. Sammer Gallery/Albemarle Gallery, 1997. Includes work by exhibiting artists Aracely Alarcón, Goyo Domínguez, Soledad Fernández, Luis Javier Gayá, Fabio Hurtado, Elena Negueroles, Ana Perpinyá, and Alfredo Roldán Marite.[9]
  • Festival Della Pittura Italiana. London: Albemarle Gallery, 2000. Includes work by Roberto Bernardi, Vincenzo Calli, Paolo Grimaldi, Giovanni La Cognata & Mario Madiai.

References

  1. ↑ "Albemarle Gallery". Albemarle Gallery. Retrieved Jan 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tony Pontone: Albemarle Gallery". artbookguy.com. Retrieved Jan 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Art now gallery guide. Scotch Plains, N.J. 2003. pp. 22(9–10):141. Retrieved Jan 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ Oliver, Steve (2009-11-14). "Mark Glazebrook - Boisterous figure in the art world who ran the Whitechapel Gallery for a time and promoted the modern at his Albemarle Gallery". The Times. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  5. ↑ Golding, Paul (1990-06-27). "Bring the party to the artist - Galleries". The Times. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  6. ↑ James Beechey (2009-12-21). "Mark Glazebrook obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  7. ↑ "In viaggio con Daniele Cestari". www.listonemag.it. Retrieved Jan 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ "MAXWELL DOIG". www.messums.com. Retrieved Jan 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Festival of Spanish paintings : Vivaldi". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved Jan 12, 2017.

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