The Mayor Gallery

The Mayor Gallery, the first gallery to open its doors in Cork Street, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025 in its new location at the heart of St James's. Founded by Fred Mayor (1903-1973) in 1925, many artists were exhibited for the first time in England at The Mayor Gallery including Bacon, Calder, Ernst, Klee, Masson and Miro, amongst others.

The Mayor Gallery was also the centre of UNIT ONE, a group that included Henry Moore and Ben Nicholson. Fred’s son, James Mayor, took ov...