Sadie Coles HQ is a contemporary art gallery in London, owned and directed by Sadie Coles. The gallery focuses on presenting the work of established and emerging international artists. It was at the forefront of the Young British Artists movement.[1]

History

Sadie Coles HQ opened in April 1997 and has since operated from a variety of distinctive spaces. Its inaugural exhibition at 35 Heddon Street, by American painter John Currin,[2] was followed by Sarah Lucas’s exhibition ‘The Law’ in lofts on St John Street.

Between 2010 and 2013, Sadie Coles HQ was located at both New Burlington Place – a 5,000 square feet (460 square metres) space on the site of Nigel Greenwood's gallery during the 1980s and 90s – and on South Audley Street.[3]

In 2013, Sadie Coles HQ moved to its current location, a 6,000 square feet (560 square metres) first floor gallery on Kingly Street in what was formerly the La Valbonne nightclub.[4][3] In November 2015, it opened a third location in a glass-fronted 3,000 square feet (280 square metres) space on Davies Street in Mayfair designed by 6a architects[3]

Since her inaugural exhibition, Coles has followed the same formula for each of her invitations. Taking the graphic identity of the gallery itself – a grey block that represents the gallery space and is found on all her branded material – she uses the same block on the invitations, allowing each artist to choose their own colour. A piece of the artist’s work is then shown on the inside of the card.[5]

In 2014, Sadie Coles was listed as one of 'the most powerful people in the art world' by The Guardian.[6]

From February to December 2012, Situation, a temporary space, showed works by Sarah Lucas.[7] The extended display included works both new and historical, mainly by Lucas and occasionally involving other artists.

Artists

Sadie Coles HQ represents numerous living artists, including:

In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:

References

  1. ^ Jonathan P Harris, Art, Money, Parties, University of Chicago Press, 2005, p4
  2. ^ Louisa Buck (17 January 2017), Sadie Coles HQ celebrates 20th birthday and chases the Monday blues away The Art Newspaper.
  3. ^ a b c Shaw, Anny (5 November 2015). "Sadie Coles opens double-height 'fish tank' gallery in Mayfair". The Art Newspaper.
  4. ^ Buck, Louisa (11 September 2013). "Sadie Coles opens new space in former West End nightclub". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013.
  5. ^ Sadie Coles HQ invitations Wallpaper, 22 December 2008.
  6. ^ "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world". The Guardian. 8 May 2014.
  7. ^ Coline Milliard, "YBA Sarah Lucas Gets a Room of Her Own Above Sadie Coles in London", ARTINFO, 16 February 2012, http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/760287/yba-sarah-lucas-gets-a-room-of-her-own-above-sadie-coles-in-london
  8. ^ Louisa Buck (22 February 2021), 'It's like a marriage': Alvaro Barrington and Sadie Coles get frank about artist-dealer relationships The Art Newspaper.
  9. ^ Alice Rawsthorn, "Space women", Guardian, 12 October 2006, http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2006/oct/12/art.gender
  10. ^ Roberta Smith (5 September 2018), Sarah Lucas, Unmasked: From Perverse to Profound New York Times.
  11. ^ Alex Greenberger (6 September 2017), Martine Syms Is Now Represented by Sadie Coles HQ ARTnews.
  12. ^ Alex Greenberger (6 September 2017), Martine Syms Is Now Represented by Sadie Coles HQ ARTnews.
  13. ^ Alex Greenberger (6 April 2022), Gagosian to Share Representation of Controversial Artist Jordan Wolfson with David Zwirner, Sadie Coles ARTnews.

Further reading

Sadie Coles and Jonathan Harris, "Sadie Coles HQ: Anatomy of a gallery in the age of globalised contemporary art" in Art, Money, Parties: New Institutions in the Political Economy of Contemporary Art, ed. Jonathan Harris, University of Chicago Press, 2005.

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