© Caragh Thuring. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery. Photo: Eva Herzog.
Thomas Dane Gallery, 3 & 11 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6BN
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Thomas Dane opened his eponymous gallery in 2004 with François Chantala and Martine d’Anglejan-Chatillon, who went on to become partners. That was on the first floor of a well-preserved 18th century house at 11 Duke Street in St James’s. It retains the feel of a panelled residence with separate modestly-sized rooms – a contrast with the modern ground floor space which the gallery opened a few doors down at 3 Duke Street in 2011. That enables contrasting modes of display across – typically – two different exhibitions. There was a further extension in 2018 – to the less usual commercial art venue of Naples. Some forty artists and estates are represented.
Steve McQueen – who had the first show – has been represented since. There is a notably democratic split between media, but always with some conceptual substance: Paul Pfeiffer and Bruce Conner are also film makers; painters include Cecily Brown and Hurvin Anderson (you have another few weeks to see their excellent shows at the Serpentine and Tate Britain respectively – see my Work of the Month for May): Lynda Benglis and Alexandre da Cunha use sculptural languages; Luigi Ghirri and Luisa Lambri are photographers; while Michael Landy, Walead Beshty, Jean-Luc Moulène and Kelley Walker are multi-media artists it is hard to classify. Likewise, my favourite gallery shows in recent years have been Dana Schutz’s paintings and sculptures across both galleries in late 2025, Magdalene Odundo’s ceramics the year before, Igshaan Adams’ tapestry and sculptural works in 2023 and Amie Siegel’s film ‘Bloodlines’ in 2022. Painting is foregrounded currently: it’s the last week to catch an impressive selection of Prunella Clough’s work at No. 11, but you have until September to see the always-thoughtful Caragh Thuring at No. 3 – see my Instagram for more on that.
Paul Carey-Kent selects a ‘Gallery of the Month’, a ‘Show of the Month’, a ‘Work of the Month’ and a ‘Book of the Month’ for his weekly column in FAD. A collection of previous gallery columns, ‘Paul’s Galleries To Go’, is available from FAD Bazaar.
