Opening soon: Happy Birthday America!
Marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, the exhibition brings together major figures of post-war and contemporary American art, including Billy Apple, Bruce Conner, Joseph Cornell, George Herms, Edward Kienholz & Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Paul Thek, Robert Watts, and Tom Wesselmann, among others.
Spanning assemblage, Pop, conceptual, and figurative practices, the exhibition reflects the experimentation and reinvention that shaped American art across the twentieth century.
4 June – 17 July 2026 Late opening Friday 5 June for London Gallery Weekend
Lisa Corinne Davis, Tangible Tale, on view until 29 May 2026
Featuring a new body of work, ‘Tangible Tale’ presents Davis’s richly layered abstractions, where visual languages of mapping, coding, and organic pattern converge. Her paintings explore identity, perception, and the systems through which we interpret and organise the world.
We are greatly saddened by the news of the death of George Herms (1935-2026) As well as being a good friend, he was one of the most original personalities and sadly his importance as one of the greatest post-war assemblage artists was never fully recognised. He will be greatly missed. As a tribute to him we will be including this work, which came from the Estate of Dennis Hopper who was a great collector of his work, in our next exhibition ’Happy Birthday America!’, 4 June - 17 July.
Image 1: George Herms, Song for Hope, c.1986, Mixed media assemblage, 204.5 x 122 x 83.8 cm
Image 2: Photographed by Robbie Fimmano for Interview Magazine
Watch now, In Conversation: Lisa Corinne Davis in discussion with Alexandra Steinacker-Clark, recorded last week to mark the opening of Tangible Tale and the release of Working in Art: How to Build A Career in the Art World.
The full talk is now available to watch on our YouTube channel.
Link in bio.
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Final week to see Shinkichi Tajiri in Samurai at the British Museum (until 4 May).
Tajiri’s sculptural practice, shaped by experiences of displacement, war, and post-war reconstruction, offers a powerful modern lens on the enduring ethos of the samurai. Bridging Eastern and Western traditions, his work combines industrial materials with philosophical depth, positioning him within both Japanese and international post-war art histories.
Shinkichi Tajiri, Ronin / Sentinel, 2008 Bronze, 174 × 50 × 85 cm
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Out Now - Emmy Bridgwater: Surrealism of Angst - The first monograph devoted to British Surrealist Emmy Bridgwater, published by Paul Holberton Publishing.
Drawing on extensive research, Silvano Levy repositions Bridgwater within Surrealism, revealing a powerful depth of thought and emotional intensity across her visual and poetic work, challenging long-held narratives of the movement.
Use code MAYOR for 25% off via the publisher’s website. Link in bio to purchase.
I was so sad to hear that DESMOND MORRIS (1928 – 2026) has died, aged 98. This great Birmingham Surrealist, zoologist, author, and broadcaster was also a friend. Just last month, he said that art was keeping him alive.
He will undoubtedly be best remembered as an expert on the natural world and presenter of popular TV programmes like Zoo Time. But for @Telegraph I've remembered Morris as a devoted and lifelong Surrealist artist, which is how he saw himself.
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Desmond Morris, a remarkable artist, thinker, and dear friend of The Mayor Gallery.
A pioneering figure whose practice spanned painting, surrealism, and the study of human behaviour, Morris brought a singular curiosity and wit to everything he did. His artistic vision, at once playful and incisive, remained rooted in a lifelong fascination with the complexities of human nature.
He will be greatly missed by all of us at the gallery.
Now open, Lisa Corinne Davis, Tangible Tale
On view until 29 May 2026
Bringing together a new body of work, ‘Tangible Tale’ presents Davis’s richly layered abstractions, where visual languages of mapping, coding, and organic pattern converge. Her paintings explore identity, perception, and the systems through which we interpret and organise the world.
Open tonight! Lisa Corinne Davis, Tangible Tale
PV with the artist: 15 April, 6–8pm
On view 15 April – 29 May 2026
Bringing together a new body of work, ‘Tangible Tale’ presents Davis’s richly layered abstractions, where visual languages of mapping, coding, and organic pattern converge. Her paintings explore identity, perception, and the systems through which we interpret and organise the world.
Clip from our Walk-around with James Mayor, ‘Celebrating 100 Years – Part 3: Asia and Central Europe’, Full video can be viewed on our YouTube channel.
On view until 10 April 2026
This exhibition brings together artists from Central Europe and Asia whose practices, shaped by political constraint, cultural transition, and rapid modernisation, redefined abstraction and conceptual art in the second half of the twentieth century.
Spanning post-war to contemporary positions across China, Hungary, Japan and Slovakia, the exhibition traces bold visual languages that expanded modernism beyond dominant Western narratives.
Featuring works by Imre Bak, Jiang Dahai, Braco Dimitrijević, Stano Filko, Key Hiraga, Li Huasheng, Li Jin, György Jovánovics, Július Koller, Attila Kovács, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Luo Brothers, Vera Molnár and Aiko Miyawaki.
Opening soon at The Mayor Gallery: Lisa Corinne Davis, Tangible Tale
On view 15 April – 29 May 2026 PV with the artist: 15 April, 6–8pm
Bringing together a new body of work, ‘Tangible Tale’ presents Davis’s richly layered abstractions, where visual languages of mapping, coding, and organic pattern converge. Her paintings explore identity, perception, and the systems through which we interpret and organise the world.
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