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Matt’s Gallery at Nine Elms
Nine Elms

Matt's Gallery at Nine Elms. Design and visualisation by Manalo & White, 2021.


Nine Elms

Matt's Gallery, 40th Birthday Fundraiser, photograph by Dafydd Jones, courtesy Matt's Gallery, London.





Our move to Nine Elms has been supported by:

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Press Information
In 2015, Matt’s Gallery won a competitive tender for a permanent new space at Nine Elms, Wandsworth, which we will open in April 2022. The building is provided core and shell by the developer Bellway through Wandsworth Council as part of their Section 106 Commitments. The gallery is now undertaking its next phase of developments as we prepare to open the 7,000 square foot space.

We have worked with architects Manalo & White on our first phase of works which will create a complex that incorporates a double-height gallery space, a space for performances and events, our new offices, space for our books and editions, and a publicly accessible home for the Matt’s Gallery library and archive (due to open fully in 2023). Alongside documentary evidence of our exhibitions being made, the library and Outset Archive will hold films, books, invitations, letters and ephemera relating to artist-led practice from the 1960s to today. The archive gives significant insights into the working methodology of the gallery and the artists it has worked with over the last 40 years.

The space is secured on low rent over a 25-year lease, providing us with much needed stability into the future. The fit out of the shell spaces will be completed in two phases and will cost £1.2m. The second phase will create a second gallery space and affordable artists studios.

Support
For information on how you can support please click here.

This project has been generously supported by:
Arts Council England
The Foyle Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation
Henocq Law Trust
Cockayne and the London Community Foundation
Outset Contemporary Art Fund

In addition, we have received generous support from artists including who have donated major works to be sold in support of our campaign:
Sir Antony Gormley
Harland Miller
Mona Hatoum
Jimmie Durham

In September 2019 we held a fundraising event for our 40th birthday which was organised by Matt's Gallery trustees Marcelle Joseph and Darryl de Prez, with support from Charlotte Artus, Aindrea Emelife, Karen Smith and Bina von Stauffenberg and hosted by Louisa Buck. We received generous donations of works from:
David Batchelor
Angus Braithwaite
Bronwen Buckeridge
Beth Collar
Willie Doherty
Jimmie Durham
Emma Hart
Joey Holder
Dean Kenning
Lindsey Mendick
Lindsay Seers & Keith Sargent
Marianna Simnett
Sophie Jung
Roy Voss
Milly Peck
Oona Grimes
Benedict Drew
Nicola Bealing

We thank our founding Patrons and Benefactors for their generosity towards this campaign:
Aleph Contemporary
Ron & Deborah Law Henocq
James & Jennifer Esposito
Charlotte & Alan Artus
Leila Alexander
Darryl de Prez & Victoria Thomas
Aindrea Emelife
James Freedman & Anna Kissin
Jill Hackel & Andrzej Zarzycki
Elinor Jansz & Alex Sainsbury
Marcelle Joseph
Dan Salmon
Karen & Mark Smith
Bina von Stauffenberg
Dorthe Steffensen
Christopher Turner


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