Lehmann Maupin has announced its 2026 London programme at Frieze’s No.9 Cork Street in Mayfair, establishing a new permanent base in one of the city’s most concentrated gallery districts, adjacent to the Royal Academy of Arts.
The space will operate as a hybrid exhibition and viewing venue, with three to four focused exhibitions annually on the ground floor, and a year-round private viewing space upstairs presenting works from the gallery’s global programme, including material aligned with artists’ institutional exhibitions across Europe. The upper floor will also support Lehmann Maupin’s secondary-market activity in the region.
Since opening its London outpost in 2020 under the leadership of partner Isabella Icoz, Lehmann Maupin has mounted 30 exhibitions in the city and played a key role in expanding institutional relationships for its artists in the UK. Recent highlights include Gilbert & George: 21ST CENTURY PICTURES at the Hayward Gallery (2025), Do Ho Suh: Walk the House at Tate Modern (2025), Cecilia Vicuña’s Turbine Hall commission (2022), and Kader Attia’s The Museum of Emotion at the Hayward Gallery (2019). Teresa Solar Abboud’s work remains on view at the Hayward through next year, and Catherine Opie will have her first major UK museum exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in March 2026.
The gallery also announced that Freya Douglas-Morris has joined its roster. Her solo exhibition of new work will inaugurate the Mayfair programme on 26th February 2026, followed by concurrent solo shows in New York with Lehmann Maupin and Alexander Berggruen in spring 2027.
“Freya has been on my radar for several years now, and we’re so thrilled she’s joining the gallery and launching our Mayfair exhibition program next year,”
shares Isabella Icoz.
“She joins several artists on the roster who are based in or around London, including Billy Childish, Mandy El-Sayegh, Gilbert & George, Shirazeh Houshiary, Chantal Joffe, and Do Ho Suh. Coinciding with the gallery’s 30th anniversary, our 2026 London program, which foregrounds women artists, reflects the gallery’s ongoing mission of introducing artists to new geographies, including mounting historic debut shows for our artists in Europe.“
Douglas-Morris, known for her vividly coloured landscapes and Fauvist-inspired palette, brings imagined terrains of flora, sky, water and shoreline into luminous, ethereal focus. She studied Fine Art at Brighton University before completing an MA at the Royal College of Art in 2013, with early recognition including the Liverpool Biennial and exhibitions at the Saatchi Gallery and Dallas Contemporary. Her work entered the Dallas Museum of Art collection in 2024.
Douglas-Morris says,
“I am delighted to be joining the gallery. I previously exhibited a solo show with Lehmann Maupin and really enjoyed working with Isabella and the whole gallery team. I am looking forward to joining their fantastic roster of artists and focusing on new projects together in the future. My upcoming solo in February is a wonderful opportunity to present a new collection of paintings and inaugurate their new Mayfair space. The work is all nature-based. I’ve been thinking about the changes in the seasons and the rhythms of night and day—from quiet inlets to moon-filled lakes, to small saplings and abundant foliage. It is an exhibition where water, sky, shoreline, and horizon line will flow throughout the gallery.”
Lehmann Maupin, No.9 Cork Street, London, W1S 3LL lehmannmaupin.com
About
Rachel Lehmann and David Maupin co-founded Lehmann Maupin in 1996 in New York. Since inception, Lehmann Maupin has served as a leading contemporary art gallery with locations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. For over 25 years, Lehmann Maupin has been instrumental in introducing international artists in new geographies and building long- lasting curatorial relationships. Known for championing diverse voices, the gallery’s program proudly features artists whose work challenges notions of identity and shapes international culture. Today, the gallery has permanent locations in New York, Seoul, and London, as well as team members throughout Asia and Europe.
