Gagosian Gallery
1999–present
Client: Gagosian
Caruso St John has designed many projects for the New York-based commercial gallery Gagosian, which represents some of the world’s most famous living artists. Beginning with Gagosian’s first London gallery at Heddon St, opened in 2000, the practice designed four galleries in London, as well as galleries in Rome, Paris, and Hong Kong. In London, Gagosian Britannia St in King’s Cross opened in 2004, and the Grosvenor Hill gallery in Mayfair opened in 2015.
Caruso St John has been working with the same directors at Gagosian for over twenty years, and has a close understanding of the quality of art space that the gallery requires for its artists, whose work is often on a very large scale. This is reflected in a consistency across all Gagosian projects, like a brand. The scale and especially the height of the galleries is very large, and the levels of lighting – both natural and artificial – are high and consistent. The details and finishes have a grandness and visual restraint that matches the scale. The complex requirements for environmental servicing and lighting are highly controlled in appearance. Special attention is given to the floor that, on close inspection, can be seen never to conform to the industry standard common to most commercial galleries. The scale and lack of detail allows even the largest works of art to be seen in a calm atmosphere.
Floor plans
Britannia Street, London
Davies Street, London
Rome
Hong Kong
Paris
Grosvenor Hill, London
Exhibitions
The Body as Matter: Giacometti Naumann Picasso at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, 2024
Glenn Brown: Come to Dust at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, 2018
Man Ray at Gagosian Frieze Masters, 2018
Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, 2019
Francis Bacon: The First Pope at Gagosian Davies Street, 2022
Related news
Opening
Gagosian Burlington Arcade
Gagosian's London shop opens 16th May. Designed by Caruso St John, the space in Mayfair's Burlington Arcade offers Gagosian publications, rare books, limited edition prints, exhibition posters and artist-designed objects. An exhibition space on the first floor will present a rotation of small exhibitions, artist takeovers and special collaborations.
Exhibition
Visions of the Self:
Rembrandt and Now
Gagosian Gallery Grosvenor Hill, London, United Kingdom
12 April-18 May 2019
Visions of the Self: Rembrandt and Now, the exhibition designed by Caruso St John is open at Gagosian Gallery Grosvenor Hill.
The new Gagosian Gallery in Mayfair opens to the public today. The gallery opens with an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and works on paper by Cy Twombly.
The Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong opens on the 18th January with Forgotten Promises, an exhibition of new paintings and sculptures by Damien Hirst.
Related projects
Picasso: Minotaurs and Matadors
Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill
London, United Kingdom
2017
Gagosian Grosvenor Hill
London, United Kingdom
2012–2015
Gagosian Paris
Paris, France
2009–2010
Gagosian Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
2010–2011
Gagosian Rome
Rome, Italy
2006
Gagosian Davies Street
London, United Kingdom
2006
Gagosian Britannia Street
London, United Kingdom
2002–2004
Gagosian Heddon Street
London, United Kingdom
1999–2000
Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art
Riga, Latvia
2016
Neue Pinakothek
Munich, Germany
2016–present (under construction)
Heong Gallery, Downing College
Cambridge, United Kingdom
2013–2016
Blain Southern Gallery
London, United Kingdom
2010–2013
Musée Cantonal des Beaux‑Arts Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
2011
Sir John Soane's Museum
London, United Kingdom
2009–2012
Tate Britain
London, United Kingdom
2007–2013
Centre for Tourism and Culture
Ascona, Switzerland
2004
Newport Street Gallery
London, United Kingdom
2004–2015
Nottingham Contemporary
Nottingham, United Kingdom
2004–2009
Spike Island
Bristol, United Kingdom
2003–2006
Rome Centre for Contemporary Arts
Rome, Italy
1999
New Art Gallery Walsall
Walsall, United Kingdom
1995–2000
Düngerbau
Uetikon am See, Switzerland
2022–present
Gladstone's Library
Hawarden, United Kingdom
2018–2020
Peterloo Memorial
In collaboration with Jeremy Deller
Manchester, United Kingdom
2018–2019
The Façade is the Window into the Soul of Architecture
Central Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Venice, Italy
2018
Island, British Pavilion, Venice Biennale
In collaboration with Marcus Taylor
Venice, Italy
2018
The Triple Folly
In collaboration with Thomas Demand
Ebeltoft, Denmark
2017–2022
Museum for a Roman Villa
Pully, Switzerland
2017
United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial
In collaboration with Marcus Taylor and Rachel Whiteread
London, United Kingdom
2016–2017
Stockholm City Library
Stockholm, Sweden
2014–2019
Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art
The British Museum
London, United Kingdom
2014–2015
Hospitalfield Arts
Arbroath, United Kingdom
2013 – present
Damien Hirst, Relics
QM Gallery, Al Riwaq
Doha, Quatar
2013–2014
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Liverpool, United Kingdom
2012–2015
Thomas Demand, Nationalgalerie
Neue Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
2009
Nagelhaus
In collaboration with Thomas Demand
Zurich, Switzerland
2007–2010
The Return of the Gods: Neoclassical Sculpture
Tate Britain
London, United Kingdom
2008
Arts Council England National Offices
London, United Kingdom
2006–2008
V&A Museum of Childhood
London, United Kingdom
2002–2007
Turner and Venice
Tate Britain
London, United Kingdom
2003–2004
Medicine Man: The Forgotten Museum of Henry Wellcome
The British Museum
London, United Kingdom
2002–2003
Barbican Concert Hall
London, United Kingdom
2000–2001
Thomas Demand, Fondation Cartier
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
Paris, France
2000–2001