Alison Jacques

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

History

In her 20s, a postgraduate curating course in Prato led to a placement at the Kunstverein Düsseldorf, where then-director Jiří Švestka saw her potential and charged her with curating light-installation artist James Turrell’s first travelling show. A job as news editor at Flash Art magazine in Milan followed. She came back to London, briefly working for Victoria Miro before Leslie Waddington on Cork Street offered her a full-time job.[1]

After a curating stint at the British School at Rome, Jacques teamed up with Charles Asprey, and in 1998 they opened their gallery, which ran for seven years.[2]

Originally sited in a small townhouse off Bond Street, London W1, Jacques's gallery relocated in 2007 to a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) space at 16-18 Berners Street opposite the Sanderson Hotel in Fitzrovia. In 2023, the gallery announced plans to move into a three-storey, 560 m2 (6,000 sq ft) space on Cork Street which had previously been inhabited by Lisson Gallery on a temporary contract and was later refurbished by the architect Mike Rundell.[3]

The gallery often holds events and talks in conjunction with the exhibition programme, hosted by curators and critics. 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.

Artists

Since opening her own gallery in 2004, Jacques has developed an exhibition program of both unknown and established artists:

The gallery also represents the estates of several artists, including:

Notably, Jacques has worked with the estate of Robert Mapplethorpe since 1999, starting when she was in partnership with Asprey.[15] 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.

Recognition

In 2019, TimeOut ranked the gallery as one of the top 50 in London. Eddy Frankel said, "This Fitzrovia gallery has some serious art clout, representing the estates of Robert Mapplethorpe and Ana Mendieta."[16]

References
  1. Francesca Gavin (18 November 2020), The super-gallerist putting women in the picture Financial Times.
  2. Francesca Gavin (18 November 2020), The super-gallerist putting women in the picture Financial Times.
  3. Anny Shaw (13 April 2023), London dealer Alison Jacques to open new headquarters on illustrious Cork Street this autumn The Art Newspaper.
  4. Andy Battaglia (27 July 2018), Peter Freeman, Inc. Now Represents Fernanda Gomes ARTnews.
  5. Francesca Gavin (18 November 2020), The super-gallerist putting women in the picture Financial Times.
  6. Francesca Gavin (18 November 2020), The super-gallerist putting women in the picture Financial Times.
  7. Alex Greenberg (27 January 2017), Lygia Clark Is Now Represented by Luhring Augustine and Alison Jacques Gallery ARTnews.
  8. Francesca Gavin (18 November 2020), The super-gallerist putting women in the picture Financial Times.
  9. Francesca Gavin (18 November 2020), The super-gallerist putting women in the picture Financial Times.
  10. Francesca Gavin (18 November 2020), The super-gallerist putting women in the picture Financial Times.
  11. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/3338895/alison-jacques-on-her-gallerys-future-plans
  12. "Hannah Wilke: Elective Affinities". Alison Jacques Gallery. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  13. Pollock, Griselda (1 September 2010). "Hannah Wilke: Elective Affinities". Art Monthly. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  14. Francesca Gavin (18 November 2020), The super-gallerist putting women in the picture Financial Times.
  15. Francesca Gavin (18 November 2020), The super-gallerist putting women in the picture Financial Times.
  16. "The 50 best galleries in London". Time Out London. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

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