Annely Juda Fine Art, 23 Dering Street, London W1S 1AW
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The German-born art dealer Annely Juda (1914 – 2006) ran galleries in London from 1960, and opened Annely Juda Fine Art with her son, David, in 1968. In 1990, the gallery moved to its current location in Mayfair, where David Juda remains at the helm under his mother’s name. The space – on the 3rd and 4th floors – has spectacular glass-roof light on the upper level, with crane access that has made it possible to show monumentally heavy sculptures by Anthony Caro in particular. Annely Juda became known for exhibiting works from Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus and De Stijl movements, and continues to represent 10 artists from the historical Avant-garde alongside 40-odd contemporary artists and estates.
That includes an unusually strong Japanese cohort, influenced by David Juda’s links to the country, including his marriage to the gallery artist Yuko Shiraishi. To take two from each category, I’ve enjoyed shows with László Moholy-Nagy and Nuam Gabo; David Nash and Sigrid Holmwood; François Morellet and Roger Ackling; Rie Nakajima and Tadashi Kawamata. As that sample might suggest, expressive representation is a less likely than disciplined abstraction. Currently you can see shows of new work by Suzanne Treister (my current ‘Interview of the Month’ feature at Artlyst) and Tamás Konok (1930-2020), a pioneer of Hungarian geometric and lyrical abstraction. Another feature since 2017 has been the externally-curated annual shortlist show for the David and Yuko Juda Art Foundation grant. That awards £50,000 to a living artist, and it was good, for example, to see Kathy Prendergast, Amikam Toren and Brain Dawn Chalkley getting that no-strings support.
London’s gallery scene is varied, from small artist-run spaces to major institutions and everything in between. Each week, art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives a personal view of a space worth visiting.
