The German art dealers Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are to reopen in their former home on Grafton Street in London’s Mayfair next year. As their lease was coming to an end, the pair held their last show in the groundfloor gallery in April. They had been due to move to a townhouse at 29 Sackville Street, just metres from Savile Row.
However, the dealers were recently given the opportunity to take the lease for the entire 18th-century building on Grafton Street. “This is the perfect scenario for us,” says Magers, the co-owner of Sprüth Magers galleries in Berlin, Los Angeles and London. “We can now remain where we have been for the past decade in London and the extra space will provide our artists with different opportunities to exhibit their work.”
The newly expanded and renovated gallery will be inaugurated with an exhibition of new works by the former YBA Gary Hume.