The Showroom

{{Short description|Art gallery in Marylebone, London}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

The Showroom is a not-for-profit art gallery in Marylebone, London, which displays site-specific works by emerging artists.[http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Entertainment/The_Showroom_Gallery/83bf/ "The Showroom Gallery"], LondonTown. The gallery presents four shows each year, a schedule that allows artists the time to develop and realise their work on site.

Established in 1983, the gallery was based at a site in Bethnal Green, East London.[http://howtoworktogether.org/think-tank/andrea-phillips-interview-with-emily-pethick/ "Interview with Emily Pethick"], How to work together. In 2008, the gallery relocated to a building in Marylebone, London, on Penfold Street, which was converted by Berlin-based architects ifau + Jesko Fezer.[http://thisistomorrow.info/articles/the-showroom-reopens-with-the-otolith-group "The Showroom reopens with The Otolith Group"], This is tomorrow, 9 September 2009.

Solo shows at The Showroom in the former East End space included Mona Hatoum, Sam Taylor-Wood, Simon Starling, Christina Mackie, Jim Lambie, Claire Barclay, and Eva Rothschild.

The Showroom receives fixed-term funding from Arts Council of England and other organisations and individuals. The director Gabriela Salgado was appointed in July 2022,{{Cite web |last=Collection |first=Zabludowicz |title=Gabriela Salgado appointed new Director of The Showroom |url=https://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/news/view/gabriela-salgado-appointed-new-director-of-the-showroom |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Zabludowicz Collection |language=en}} when Elvira Dyangani Ose left to become director of the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA).{{Cite web |last=Sesé |first=Teresa |date=2021-07-15 |title=Elvira Dyangani Ose, primera mujer que dirigirá el Macba |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20210715/7604043/elvira-dyangani-ose-nueva-directora-macba.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}} Previous directors were Emily Pethick, Kirsty Ogg, Kim Sweet and David Thorp.