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The books

Art Map London published two. One explains how galleries choose artists; the other asks the people running them. Both are now out of print. The words here are the ones from the old site. You can still see the original page on the Internet Archive.

Who To Know In London

By Joe Turnbull, Mary Ashton Ellis, Tatiana Wiesner-Pavlova and Jenny Judova.

The London art scene is massive and overwhelming. Out of hundreds of galleries and thousands of people who work in them, how do you know where to go and who to listen to?

In early 2015 Art Map London decided to tackle the issue. We asked the London arts community: artists, curators, dealers, collectors, and museum professionals to vote for their favourite galleries and museums in London. We took the results, added them up, and interviewed the top 70.

All interviews took place in 2015 and they have not been edited to reflect the changes that happened in the galleries in the past year. We wanted to emphasise the fast pace of the London art scene. In fact, it’s so fast paced that some galleries we interviewed have since closed down, or moved, and some people we interviewed have since moved on to other organisations.

Out of print.

The interviews

Jobs are as they were in 2015. Names with a link also listed events with us, and a few carry a note from Where are they now.

  • Ambika P3Professor Katharine Heron, Director
  • Auto ItaliaMarianne Forrest and Marleen Boschen, Associate Director and Project Coordinator
  • Banner RepeaterAmi Clarke, Founder and Director
  • Calvert 22Nonna Materkova, Founder and Director
  • Carroll / FletcherJonathon Carroll, Founder and Co-director
  • Chelsea SpaceDonald Smith, Director of Exhibitions
  • CubittFabio Altamura, Gallery Projects and Development Manager
  • David Roberts Art FoundationVincent Honoré, Director and Chief Curator
  • Drawing RoomMoved 2023Kate Macfarlane, Co-director
  • Espacio GalleryCarlos de Lins, Gallery Director
  • Flowers GalleryAngela and Matthew Flowers, Founder and Gallery Director
  • GasworksAlessio Antoniolli, Director
  • Hannah Barry GalleryHannah Barry, Founder and Director
  • Jerwood Visual ArtsHannah Pierce, Gallery Manager
  • Kate MacGarryKate MacGarry, Founder
  • Matt’s GalleryLaura Hensser, Deputy Director
  • The National GalleryColin Wiggins, Special Projects Curator
  • Parasol unitClosed 2020Dr Ziba Ardalan, Founder, Director and Curator
  • Peckham PlatformEmily Druiff, Director
  • Raven RowAlex Sainsbury, Founder and Director
  • RiflemakerTot Taylor, Co-founder
  • Royal Academy of ArtsCharles Saumarez Smith, Secretary and Chief Executive
  • Sadie Coles HQSadie Coles, Founder
  • Serpentine GalleryRenamedEmma Enderby, Exhibitions Curator
  • Somerset HouseJonathan Reekie, Director
  • Standpoint GalleryFiona MacDonald, Curatorial Director
  • The Crypt GalleryAnne Noble-Partridge, Director
  • Transition GalleryCathy Lomax, Founder
  • UCL Art MuseumNina Pearlman, Manager
  • VitrineAlys Williams, Owner and Director
  • Vulpes VulpesLaurie Storey, Carla Wright, Anna Chrystal Stephens and Hadiru Mahdi, Co-directors
  • Zabludowicz CollectionClosed 2023Kelly Large, Curator: Public Programme

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