Mayor Gallery Limited(the)

What Mayor Gallery Limited(the) does

The Mayor Gallery Limited is a London-based commercial art gallery founded in 1925 that operates from 9 Bury Street, St James's, having been the first gallery on what is now Cork Street. The gallery represents living artists including Rafael Canogar, Günther Uecker, Luis Tomasello, Turi Simeti, and Jan Schoonhoven, manages artist estates including Marlow Moss, and curates exhibitions spanning Surrealism, the ZERO movement, Informalist and Kinetic art, International Pop, and contemporary practice. Its primary product is direct art sales facilitated through gallery premises, international art fair participation (TEFAF Maastricht, TEFAF New York, Frieze Masters, and Art Basel's curated Feature sector), and the Artsy online marketplace.

The gallery is privately held with 1-10 employees, no parent company, and no external funding. It operates on a quote-based, enquiry-only pricing model with 30-day payment terms after invoice, and may pay third-party commissions to introducers. Technology infrastructure is limited to the standard Artlogic platform used across the sector for inventory, CRM, and website operations, with no proprietary technology disclosed. Distribution combines a single physical gallery space, periodic international fair booths (including a 2026 TEFAF joint booth with BorzoGallery), digital channels (website, YouTube walkthroughs by James Mayor, Instagram), an Artsy storefront, and an email newsletter.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the business is funded entirely from operations. The gallery is currently in its centenary year (2025), marked by a three-part "Celebrating 100 Years" exhibition series, expanded museum lending, and a documentary push through ArtNet News and The Guardian. Recent programming signals incremental international and institutional traction rather than scale expansion, consistent with a stable, programmatically ambitious small gallery.

Name

Mayor Gallery Limited(the)

Legal name

The Mayor Gallery Limited

Website

https://mayorgallery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Mayor Gallery is a London-based commercial art gallery founded in 1925, selling and exhibiting modern, post-war, and contemporary works to private collectors and museums through its St James's premises and international art fairs including TEFAF and Art Basel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Art Gallery Services

NAICS

Art Dealers (459920)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Modern art gallery
• Contemporary art sales
• Post-war art
• Artist representation
• Art fair exhibitions

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Art Sales: The gallery generates revenue through the sale of artworks by represented and estate-managed artists. Sales are one-time transactions with payment due within 30 days of invoice. The gallery also sells works on behalf of owners.
2. Third Party Commission: The gallery may pay commission to third parties who assist with sales or introduce buyers, as disclosed in their Terms and Conditions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Mayor Gallery is a commercial art gallery that represents modern and contemporary artists, curates exhibitions at its London premises on Bury Street, and facilitates direct sales of artworks to private collectors and institutions. It participates in major international art fairs (TEFAF, Frieze Masters, Art Basel) and manages artist estates including Marlow Moss, with a roster spanning European avant-garde, Surrealism, Zero, Informalist, Kinetic, and International Pop movements.

Product overview

The Mayor Gallery is a traditional art gallery operating as a single, unified offering rather than a modular platform. The gallery's core product is its art gallery services, which encompass artist representation, curating and hosting exhibitions at their Cork Street location in London, participating in international art fairs (TEFAF, Frieze Masters, Art Basel), and facilitating art sales. The gallery's portfolio includes represented artists such as Rafael Canogar, Günther Uecker, Luis Tomasello, Turi Simeti, and Jan Schoonhoven, spanning movements including Surrealism, ZERO, Informalist painting, Kinetic art, and International Pop. Supplementary offerings include exhibition catalogues and publications. The gallery celebrated its centennial in 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Art Gallery Services Traditional art gallery providing exhibition spaces, representing artists, and facilitating sales of modern and contemporary artworks to private collectors and institutions. The gallery has championed post-war and contemporary masters for over a century.
• Artist Representation and Exhibitions Representation of established modern and contemporary artists including Rafael Canogar, Günther Uecker, Luis Tomasello, Turi Simeti, Jan Schoonhoven, and estates such as Marlow Moss, with curated solo and group exhibitions at the London gallery and international venues.
• Artist Estate Management Comprehensive management of artists' estates, including the Marlow Moss estate, preserving artistic legacies and overseeing exhibitions, publications, and institutional loans.
• Exhibition Catalogue Publications Production and publication of exhibition catalogues and books documenting represented artists' works, such as publications for Luis Tomasello, MACK PIENE UECKER works on paper, and Rafael Canogar retrospectives.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BorzoGallerycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 March 2026Joint booth collaboration at TEFAF Maastricht 2026 (Stand 447-449), bringing together focused selection of post-war and contemporary masters. Previous collaboration on Earth & Light exhibition featuring Wagemaker and Schoonhoven.
• Galería Guillermo de OsmaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 November 2025Travelling exhibition partnership for Rafael Canogar: Imprints (Paintings 1958-1962), with exhibition travelling from The Mayor Gallery to Guillermo de Osma in Madrid.
• Cervantes Institute LondonminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2025Collaboration for Rafael Canogar in conversation with Susan Wilson event, demonstrating gallery's commitment to cultural programming and artist education.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Marian Goodman Gallery: Internationally recognized primary-market gallery for established post-war and contemporary masters, with a similar emphasis on historical avant-garde representation and museum-quality exhibition programming.
• Marlborough Gallery: Long-established gallery with strong London presence and historical artist estate management focus, comparable in vintage and business model to Mayor Gallery.
• Lisson Gallery: London-based contemporary art gallery representing major international artists across multiple movements, with comparable artist rosters and similar primary-market dealer model anchored in St James's / Cork Street geography.
• Annely Juda Fine Art: London dealer with strong focus on European post-war and modernist movements, including constructivist and kinetic art that overlaps materially with Mayor's represented artist categories.
• Offer Waterman: London-based dealer in modern British and post-war European art, with overlapping specialism in the same collector base and artist categories that Mayor Gallery serves.
• Waddington Custot: London gallery focusing on post-war European and American abstraction and contemporary art, with comparable artist caliber and primary-market gallery model in the same geographic catchment.

Broad incumbents

• Gagosian: World's largest art gallery network representing post-war and contemporary masters globally, operating at the upper end of the same primary-market segment Mayor serves.
• Hauser & Wirth: Global mega-gallery operating across multiple cities and art movements; competes for the same institutional placements and collector attention but with materially greater headcount, capital, and geographic footprint.
• Pace Gallery: International gallery representing major contemporary and historical artists across multiple movements and geographies, overlapping with Mayor's roster but at a vastly larger scale.
• David Zwirner: Major New York-anchored gallery with global locations representing blue-chip contemporary and post-war artists, serving the same institutional and collector segments as Mayor at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/mayorgallery
• Instagraminstagram.com/mayorgallery
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-mayor-gallery

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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