Talk:Albemarle Gallery

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Albemarle Gallery's founding

Valoem (talk · contribs) wrote:

@Northamerica1000:, @Cunard:, based on this source the gallery was founded in 1986 in Piccadilly, can someone find sources verifying this edit? Valoem ^{talk contrib} 19:37, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Here are two sources that discuss Mark Glazebrook's founding of Albemarle Gallery in 1986 and its closure in 1993:

1. Olivers, Steve (2009-11-14). "Mark Glazebrook - Boisterous figure in the art world who ran the Whitechapel Gallery for a time and promoted the modern at his Albemarle Gallery". The Times. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

   The article notes:

   On his return to London in 1979 Glazebrook rejoined what was now Alecto Historical Editions, helping Studholme with the launch of its fullcolour edition of Joseph Banks's great Florilegium, the first in 200 years. He then began to deal privately, with a particular interest in modern British painting and drawing, which led him to open his Albemarle Gallery, halfway up Albemarle Street in Mayfair, in 1986. The gallery flourished for a while, in spite of chaotic business methods - one young assistant, on her first day in the gallery, remembered asking to be shown his in-tray, whereupon a drawer stuffed with brown envelopes was pulled open. "And the out-tray?" - that was the drawer below, similarly stuffed.

   Glazebrook had taken on a partner in the gallery, and affairs seemed to settle for a while, but with the onset of the recession, the subsequent break-up of the partnership and withdrawal of his bank's support, Glazebrook was left high and dry and all but bankrupt. The Albemarle closed in 1993, and the house in Bedford Park, which as a young man he had bought with his inheritance, and against which the business was secured, had to be sold.

2. Beachey, James (2009-12-21). "Mark Glazebrook obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

   The article notes:

   Returning to London four years later, he rejoined Alecto and continued to collaborate with commercial galleries on exhibitions exploring aspects of modern British art, before eventually opening his own premises, the Albemarle Gallery, off Piccadilly, in 1986.

   The Albemarle was a victim of the recession of the early 1990s – and, it has to be said, of Glazebrook's chaotic approach to business and an often turbulent relationship with his partner in the gallery, Rodney Capstick-Dale. With its closure in 1993 Glazebrook was forced to sell the family home to cover its debts.

Here is an article that discusses Tony Pontone:

1. Kalsi, Jyoti (2014-03-20). "The fabric of the Dubai landscape. Elise Vazelakis draws an analogy between the colourful scarves worn by the workers in the city's construction sites and the city itself". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2017-04-01.

   The article notes:

   The show has been curated and catalogued by Tony Pontone, founding director of the Albemarle Gallery, London, with catalogue text by the eminent art historian, Edward Lucie-Smith.

This article calls Tony Pontone the "founding director" of Albemarle Gallery.

Since its 1993 closure, either the current Albemarle Gallery reopened with new ownership or an unrelated, new art gallery with the same name and also on Albemarle Street in London was opened.

Cunard (talk) 03:32, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

The new one was apparently merged with Pontone Gallery: https://albemarlegallery.com/exhibitions/71-a-new-home/overview/

Pontone gallery is apparently run by Domenic Pontone, who (going by Companies House data) is a different person from Dominic Anthony Pontone who ran the old one, but I couldn't find a source that'd state whether they're related or not. PaulT2022 (talk) 20:55, 24 October 2023 (UTC)