The Showroom Gallery Re-Opens
Photo credit: Daniel Brooke
The well-reputed, forward-thinking Showroom gallery, established 25 years ago in London’s east end, has relocated across town just off the Edgware road.
The showroom gallery is one of the city’s smallest public galleries, but has always been a much-loved art institution. It’s known for having staged the first UK solo exhibitions for many aspiring artists, now major figures in the art world among them Sam Taylor-Wood, Mona Hatoum and Jim Lambie.
The new space in this fabulous new 3000 square foot building has been laid out and re-designed by Berlin-based architects ifau + Jesko Fezer in collaboration with London’s Working Architecture Group.
The bright yellow facade making an impact in the surrounding area, is located on the corner of Penfold Street and Boscobel Street, in NW8.
“The Showroom has a new programme that accommodates commissioned projects, as well as an expanded education facility that hosts workshops, conferences and events for artists, writers and curators. While continuing to support the production of new work by artists underrepresented in London, director Emily Pethick emphasises emerging practices and ideas, collaborative approaches, and projects situated in the public realm that build relationships with the gallery’s new neighbourhood, Church Street, which is one of the most deprived wards in the UK.”
The Showroom
63 Penfold Street
London NW8 8PQ
Tel: 0207 724 4300
www.theshowroom.org
