Avalanche Magazine in 1973 announcing James Mayor’s takeover of the gallery from his father, Fred Mayor, that same year.
Now celebrating it’s centennial year, The Mayor Gallery was the first gallery on what is now the iconic Cork Street, pioneering European avant-garde and modernist artists to the UK including Alexander Calder, Paul Klee, Francis Bacon, Joan Miró, and supported the formation of the Unit One group, which included Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
When James Mayor assumed directorship in 1973, he expanded the gallery’s vision into the American post-war era, championing Pop, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art, and exhibiting artists such as Eva Hesse, Agnes Martin, Andy Warhol, and Robert Rauschenberg. Under his leadership, the gallery has also become a leading advocate for rediscovering overlooked figures across European Concrete, ZERO, and international post-war abstraction.
When James Mayor assumed directorship in 1973, he expanded the gallery’s vision into the American post-war era, championing Pop, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art, and exhibiting artists such as Eva Hesse, Agnes Martin, Andy Warhol, and Robert Rauschenberg. Under his leadership, the gallery has also become a leading advocate for rediscovering overlooked figures across European Concrete, ZERO, and international post-war abstraction.
November 20, 2025