Flowers Gallery, also known as Flowers are two galleries in London (on

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in the West End, and in

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in the East End), a third in the Chelsea district of

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, and a fourth in

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. The gallery represents over 60 artists and artists' estates, including Glenys Barton,

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, Elger Esser and Tom Phillips.

History

The first Flowers Gallery was established by

Angela Flowers Angela Mary Flowers (; 19 December 1932 – 11 August 2023) was a British Art dealer, gallerist who founded Flowers Gallery, a commercial art gallery that today operates in London, New York City, and Hong Kong. A director of the gallery, she wa ...

in February 1968 on Lisle Street in London's West End. Later in the 1980s, a new space known as Flowers East opened in the East End. Co-founder and

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Matthew Flowers Matthew Flowers (born 1956) is a British contemporary art dealer based in London and New York. He is the managing director of Flowers Gallery. Throughout his career he has been on boards and committees of international art fairs and arts institu ...

, Angela's third son, took over day-to-day running of the business in November 1989. By late 1998, the gallery expanded further with a Los Angeles space, at

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known as Flowers West. The formal West End quarters on Cork Street was until Spring 2010 known as Flowers Central. In 2002 Flowers East moved from Hackney into a 12,000 sq foot industrial space in Shoreditch. In 2003 the U.S. gallery relocated from Los Angeles to

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in New York City, and in 2009 moved to its then location on West 20th Avenue in Chelsea. Similarly to the two galleries in London, Flowers West is no longer in use.

Artists

Represented artists and artists' estates include: Formerly represented artists and estates include: *

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* Patrick Hughes * Jane Joseph

References

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