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Sadie Coles HQ

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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.Jonathan P Harris, Art, Money, Parties, University of Chicago Press, 2005, p4

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,Louisa Buck (17 January 2017), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/01/17/sadie-coles-hq-celebrates-20th-birthday-and-chases-the-monday-blues-away Sadie Coles HQ celebrates 20th birthday and chases the Monday blues away] The Art Newspaper. was followed by Sarah Lucas's exhibition "The Law" in lofts on St John Street. Sadie Coles's first gallery was located in Heddon Street, London, next to where the cover for David Bowie's album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" was photographed.{{Cite news |last=Cocker |first=Jarvis |date=2022-05-08 |title=Gallerist Sadie Coles: 'I don’t feel that digital will replace the art or objects' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/08/sadie-coles-art-dealer-interview-gallery-seth-price |access-date=2024-02-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Between 2010 and 2013, Sadie Coles HQ was located at both New Burlington Place – a {{convert|5000|sqft|m2|abbr=off}} space on the site of Nigel Greenwood's gallery during the 1980s and 90s – and on South Audley Street.{{cite news | first=Anny | last=Shaw | date=5 November 2015 | url=http://theartnewspaper.com/market/160891/ | title=Sadie Coles opens double-height 'fish tank' gallery in Mayfair | work=The Art Newspaper}}

In 2013, Sadie Coles HQ moved to its current location, a {{convert|6000|sqft|m2|abbr=off}} first floor gallery on Kingly Street in what was formerly the La Valbonne nightclub.{{cite news | first=Louisa | last=Buck | date=11 September 2013 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/5572/sadie-coles-opens-new-space-in-former-west-end-nightclub.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026145826/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/5572/sadie-coles-opens-new-space-in-former-west-end-nightclub.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=26 October 2013 | title=Sadie Coles opens new space in former West End nightclub | work=The Daily Telegraph}} In November 2015, it opened a third location in a glass-fronted {{convert|3000|sqft|m2|abbr=off}} space on Davies Street in Mayfair designed by 6a architects

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.[http://www.wallpaper.com/art/sadie-coles-hq-invitations/2946 Sadie Coles HQ invitations] Wallpaper, 22 December 2008.

In 2014, Sadie Coles was listed as one of 'the most powerful people in the art world' by The Guardian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/may/08/art-world-most-powerful-people|title=Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world|date=8 May 2014|website=The Guardian}}

From February to December 2012, Situation, a temporary space, showed works by Sarah Lucas.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 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

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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.

External links

  • [http://www.sadiecoles.com/ Sadie Coles HQ website]
  • [https://ocula.com/art-galleries/sadie-coles/ Sadie Coles HQ at Ocula]
  • [https://www.royist.com/brands/fine-art-sadie-coles-gallery-contemporary-art-british-heritage/ Sadie Coles HQ at Royist]

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