Xanadu, 2022 by Cynthia Daignault
(Picture: Cynthia Daignault)Next Friday, the second edition of London Gallery Weekend kicks off. The galleries in question are not the public ones like Tate and the National but the commercial spaces across the city, those that represent artists and show their work, often to very small audiences.
Traditionally, commercial galleries have a chilly reputation: think the stern, bored gallerist or assistant, sitting behind a high-spec designer desk looking down their nose at the grubby hoi polloi who have dared to cross their threshold in search of art without opening their wallets. But these days, most of them hope to be more welcoming; ultimately they want people to see their artists’ work, like it and share it.
