The Showroom

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The Showroom is a not-for-profit art gallery in Marylebone, London, which displays site-specific works by emerging artists. [1] The gallery presents four shows each year, a schedule that allows artists the time to develop and realise their work on site.

Established in 1983, the gallery was based at a site in Bethnal Green, East London. [2] In 2008, the gallery relocated to a building in Marylebone, London, on Penfold Street, which was converted by Berlin-based architects ifau + Jesko Fezer. [3]

Solo shows at The Showroom in the former East End space included Mona Hatoum, Sam Taylor-Wood, Simon Starling, Christina Mackie, Jim Lambie, Claire Barclay, and Eva Rothschild.

The Showroom receives fixed-term funding from Arts Council of England and other organisations and individuals. The director Gabriela Salgado was appointed in July 2022, [4] when Elvira Dyangani Ose left to become director of the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA). [5] Previous directors were Emily Pethick, Kirsty Ogg, Kim Sweet and David Thorp.

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References

  1. "The Showroom Gallery", LondonTown.
  2. "Interview with Emily Pethick", How to work together.
  3. "The Showroom reopens with The Otolith Group", This is tomorrow, 9 September 2009.
  4. Collection, Zabludowicz. "Gabriela Salgado appointed new Director of The Showroom". Zabludowicz Collection. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. Sesé, Teresa (15 July 2021). "Elvira Dyangani Ose, primera mujer que dirigirá el Macba". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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