1/5/2024 0 Comments Victoria miro![]() The conversion architect, Trevor Horne retained some of the original features of the building, such as the worn staircase and rough roof beams, while the waste ground at the rear next to Regent's Canal was left to artist Ian Hamilton Finlay to regenerate. She was described by Christie's curator, Gerard Goodrow, as "a leading figure in making the East End the center of contemporary art in London." Ī group show prior to the conversion of the building brought 4,000 visitors, which it would have taken the Cork Street gallery six months to attract. Miro's co-director, Glenn Scott Wright, attributed the move to the "buzz" in the area, where Jay Jopling's White Cube gallery had also moved, and saw other galleries following suit, since rents in the West End of London were quadrupling. In November 2000, the gallery moved to its present location in 16 Wharf Road, Islington, adjacent to the cutting-edge art area of Hoxton, where it is housed in a two floor, 10,000-square-foot (930 m 2), converted Victorian furniture factory, ten times the size of the Cork Street gallery. ![]() Long waiting lists of collectors and museums developed to buy work from the galleries, and Miro reported that even Charles Saatchi, when he bought a Cecily Brown painting from her, "seemed pleased to get one." Wharf Road In the late 1980s, she opened a second gallery in Florence in Italy, but shut it in 1991 after the art market slump. Love art? Check out the best London art galleries.Victoria Miro opened her first gallery in Cork Street, Mayfair, in 1985, where she became one of the principal dealers, although the premises at 750 square feet (70 m 2) were little larger than a studio apartment. Victoria Miro Gallery | 16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW ![]() You can see what’s currently on display, and find out more, HERE. NOTE: The Victoria Miro Gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday when exhibitions are on. It’s about as close to Venice as you’ll get while still being within walking distance of a McDonald’s drive-through. Once you’re done perusing the ever-changing exhibitions, get out into that garden – known as the Waterside Garden – to read a book, chat about art and generally look super-cultured by an inner-city pond (actually a finely manicured section of the Wenlock Basin canal). The gallery as a whole provides plenty of reasons to return – the rotating exhibitions come from Miro’s collection of 40-or-so contemporary artists, the best-known including Grayson Perry and Yayoi Kusama (whose infinity rooms appeared here a few years back, and have now sold out at the Tate). Clamber up the many stairs – the lift is a knee-and-calf saver – to a stretching room with dark-wood floors and a window-wall at the far end. Reach the third by going straight through the main exhibition hall and out into the garden (more on which later) to enter an adjoining building. The exposed-wood beams and gabled roof are a show-stealer. The second is immediately left and up a time-warped staircase that leads to a loft. The first lies straight ahead, a sugar cube box with tall ceilings and not a lot else (except some of the finest contemporary art in the country, of course). Once inside, you’ve a choice of three exhibition spaces. Yayoi Kusama’s Chandelier of Grief – image credit Bex Walton/Flickr
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