Ancient Form | Modern Vision

The Radical Legacy of Antiquity in 20th Century British Art 1 May - 3 July 2026 For the greatest Modern British artists, the allure of ancient western sculpture was less a retreat into the past, than a radical leap into the future. Modernism not only reached London via the studios of Brancusi, Picasso and the galleries of Paris, but through the quiet corridors of the British... Read more

TEFAF Maastricht

14 - 19 March 2026 Willoughby Gerrish are pleased to be exhibiting in the 2026 edition of TEFAF Maastricht. Visit us on Stand 478. We will present works by Alexander Archipenko, F rank Auerbach, P eter Blake, G eorges Braque, A nthony Caro, E duardo Chillida, E dgar Degas, R obert Delaunay, N aum Gabo,... Read more

Janet Leach

5 - 19 December 2025 Willoughby Gerrish in association with internationally renowned interior designer and architect Jonathan Reed will be presenting an exhibition of the work of ceramicist Janet Leach across two locations: Thorns Gallery, a breathtaking new destination in Raydale, North Yorkshire (5 July – 14 September), which will then tour to Willoughby Gerrish’s... Read more

Frieze Masters

Émigré 15 - 19 October 2025 Our first presentation at Frieze Masters titled ' Émigré' will tell a complex but important story of migration to demonstrate the significant breadth of influence émigrés have had on our interwoven histories. The exhibition will then travel to our London gallery from 28 October - 21 November. In today’s tumultuous... Read more

Sculptures from the Ben Uri Museum

9 July - 18 September 2025 The Ben Uri Gallery and Museum was founded as an arts society in 1915 by the émigré Jewish artist and craftsman Lazar Berson. Originally housed in a Whitechapel synagogue in the East End of London, this cultural hub provided a platform for Jewish Diaspora working outside the cultural mainstream in... Read more

Modern Art & St Ives

9 July - 18 September 2025 St Ives, Cornwall, is an internationally-recognised centre in the history and development of modern and abstract art in Britain, and continues to this day to be a vibrant and thriving community for the arts and culture. Commonly viewed as a destination for the avant-garde and experimental, St Ives first gained... Read more

Modern British Sculpture

2 May - 20 June 2025 Willoughby Gerrish are pleased to host our third presentation on the subject of Modern British Sculpture in which we will exhibit twelve key artists of this genre. The turn of the twentieth century gave rise to momentous change in art in Britain, with innovations and cross-fertilisation taking place at an... Read more

Robbie Fife

Unspoken Sounds 28 February - 11 April 2025 Intentionality, energy, and consciousness coalesce in Robbie Fife’s new work, through which he explores internal worlds and the unseen, the intangible communication between our bodies and nature. ‘Thinking through imagery’ is at the heart of these seemingly transient realms. He invites viewers to experience a slight shift of perception, and... Read more

EMILY YOUNG

29 November 2024 - 31 January 2025 2024 has been a key year in Emily Young’s career, including a major exhibition during the Venice Biennale and the release of the impressive survey by Jon Wood. This winter, Emily’s work returns to London for an exhibition at Willoughby Gerrish in line with the unveiling of her sculpture titled... Read more

Caro | Moore

4 October - 22 November 2024 Willoughby Gerrish is pleased to open a major survey highlighting the relationship between two of the most important British sculptors of the twentieth century, Henry Moore (1898-1986) and Anthony Caro (1924-2013). The exhibition will explore how they were responsible for changing the face of sculpture on an international level, and... Read more

Ghosts in Sunlight

Organised by Rory Mitchell 6 July - 31 August 2024 For his commencement speech to students at Columbia University School of the Arts, which was published in The New York Review on the 10 July 2014, the great American writer, Hilton Als, eloquently described artists as 'builders and destroyers of truth and memory, makers who take from the past-their memories-to... Read more

BRONZE

Vulcan's Forge 13 June - 26 July 2024 Following on from the seminal 'Bronze' exhibition at the Royal Academy in 2012, Willoughby Gerrish are delighted to present 'Bronze: Vulcan's Forge' at our new gallery space on Savile Row, an exhibition based around the material that has been so central to sculpture throughout human history. The title of this... Read more

TEFAF Maastricht

7 - 14 March 2024 Willoughby Gerrish are pleased to be exhibiting in the 2024 edition of TEFAF Maastricht. Visit us on Stand 469. We will present works by Anthony Caro, Tony Cragg, Aimé-Jules Dalou, Alfred Drury, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Lucian Freud, Alberto Giacometti, Julio González, Emilio Greco, Howard Hodgkin, Henri Laurens, Frederic Leighton, Jacques Lipchitz,... Read more

20th Century Studio Ceramics

29 February - 28 March 2024 Where contemporary art has sought to remove the importance of the artist's hand, studio ceramics have fought to reinstate it. Previously seen as a lesser art form, despite the quality of their work or their contemporaries, many studio ceramicists lived relatively modest lives, teaching to subsidise their income and selling... Read more

RODIN DALOU

1 - 22 December 2023 Willoughby Gerrish are pleased to present 'Rodin Dalou', an exhibition exploring the parallels between two of the greatest European sculptors: Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and Aimé-Jules Dalou (1838-1902). We aim to illustrate the different aspects of their lives and careers, and consider why their legacies and reputations vary so greatly. The... Read more

Emily Young

Pareidolia in Stone 25 October - 10 November 2023 Richard Green in association with Willoughby Gerrish are pleased to present ‘Emily Young: Pareidolia in Stone’. The exhibition will focus on new work by Emily Young who is the leading free-carver in stone of her generation in Britain. Richard Green has traditionally focussed on fine paintings, from the Old Masters... Read more

Cubist Sculpture

10 October - 23 November 2023 The founders of Cubism Pablo Picasso and George Braque were heavily influenced by the work of French painter Paul Cézanne as well as African and Iberian sculptures which they encountered at the Trocadero Museum of Ethnology in Paris. Though the two sources of inspiration seem disparate they both adeptly use... Read more

Robbie Fife

Native 15 September - 18 November 2023 Willoughby Gerrish is pleased to present 'Native', an exhibition of new paintings by Robbie Fife. The exhibition marks a return to Fife's native land, having moved back to North Yorkshire in 2022. His previous show with the gallery - 'Locals' - focused on those people in his village that maintained... Read more

Howard Hodgkin

19 July - 9 September 2023 Willoughby Gerrish are pleased to be showing a selection of prints and paintings by Howard Hodgkin at Thirsk Hall Sculpture Garden this summer. Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) was one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary painters and printmakers. He was born in London on the 6th August 1932 and lived in Hammersmith... Read more

Shaping The Figure

20 June - 27 July 2023 Willoughby Gerrish's new exhibition 'Shaping the Figure', presents seven important figurative sculptures: 'Balzac, study type C (Torso)' by Auguste Rodin, 'Seated Woman in Armchair' by Jacques Lipchitz, 'Family Group' and 'Recumbent Figure' by Henry Moore, 'Sitting Couple' by Lynn Chadwick and 'Arco Iris Cloud Head' and 'Macauba Torso I' by... Read more

TEFAF Maastricht

9 - 19 March 2023 Willoughby Gerrish are pleased to be exhibiting in the 2023 edition of TEFAF Maastricht as a Showcase exhibitor. Visit us on Stand SC5. We will present works by Georges Braque, Lynn Chadwick, Honoré-Victorin Daumier, Paul Gauguin, Julio González, Emilio Greco, Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Kenneth Noland, Auguste Rodin and Emily... Read more

David Hockney

In Association with Gerrish Fine Art 9 July - 22 October 2022 David Hockney (b.1937) is one of Yorkshire’s most famous artistic exports. He has remained a unique and vital voice on the contemporary art scene for over six decades, celebrated for his playful and witty approach to image making and endless curiosity for new techniques. Ever experimental, the works in this... Read more

Robbie Fife

Locals 15 March - 5 April 2022 Willoughby Gerrish is pleased to present 'Locals', an exhibition of new paintings by Robbie Fife. ‘Locals’ is a nod of the head to those people in Fife’s home village that maintain a life connected to the land. The paintings are a fond acknowledgement of the peculiar and sometimes derided activities... Read more