{{Short description|Art gallery in London}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox museum |name = The Nine British Art |image = The Nine British Art - 9 Bury Street, London.jpg |caption = View of ''The Nine British Art'' in Bury Street |established = {{start date|1977}} (as Paisnel Gallery) <br /> {{start date|2018}} (as The Nine British Art) |location = 40/41 Pall Mall, St James's,<br />London {{postcode|SW|1}}Y 5JG, UK |map_type = United Kingdom Central London |map_caption = Location within central London |coordinates = {{coord|51.50611|-0.13597|type:landmark_region:GB-LND|display=inline,title}} <!-- was 51.50675|-0.13825 (Bury Street) --> |type = Art gallery |collections = 20th and 21st century British art, especially the St Ives School |website = [https://theninebritishart.co.uk/ theninebritishart.co.uk] }}
'''The Nine British Art''' is a private art gallery in St James's, central London, England.<ref name="slad">{{cite web| url=https://slad.org.uk/members/the-nine-british-art/ | title=The Nine British Art | location=UK | publisher=The Society of London Art Dealers | date=2024 | accessdate=26 October 2024 }}</ref> The gallery specializes in British art, with a focus on works from the St Ives group and the post-war period.
==Overview== The gallery covers 20th and 21st century British art, mainly art since World War II, particularly paintings and sculptures by St Ives School artists.<ref name="slad" /> It also represents contemporary artists, holding regular group and solo exhibitions of artists including Robert Fogell,<ref name="fogell">{{cite web| url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Robert-Fogell/0C7800D33971B552 | title=Robert Fogell: Past Exhibitions | publisher=MutualArt | website=www.mutualart.com | accessdate=6 November 2019 }}</ref> Richard Fox,<ref name="fox">{{cite web| url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Richard-Fox/A604E5B4228A0B65/ | title=Richard Fox: Past Exhibitions | publisher=MutualArt | website=www.mutualart.com | accessdate=6 November 2019 }}</ref> Jeremy Gardiner, Jonathan S. Hooper,<ref name="hooper">{{cite web| url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Jonathan-Hooper/390FAEA0ECBA35CA | title=Jonathan Hopper: Past Exhibitions | publisher=MutualArt | website=www.mutualart.com | accessdate=6 November 2019 }}</ref> Keith Milow, Tim Woolcock, and Gary Wragg.<ref name="wragg">{{cite web| url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Gary-Wragg/8D9B5823150ADAC6 | title=Gary Wragg: Past Exhibitions | publisher=MutualArt | website=www.mutualart.com | accessdate=6 November 2019 }}</ref> The gallery has exhibited at the London Art Fair<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.londonartfair.co.uk/galleries/the-nine-british-art/ | title=The Nine British Art | location=UK | publisher=London Art Fair | accessdate=14 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.artsandcollections.com/london-arts-fair-2019-showcases-exceptional-contemporary-and-modern-art/ | title=London Art Fair 2019 showcases exceptional contemporary and modern art | first=Chris | last=Jenkins | work=Arts & Collections | accessdate=12 September 2019 }}</ref> and the British Art Fair.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.britishartfair.co.uk/the-nine-british-art | title=The Nine British Art | publisher=20/21 British Art Fair | accessdate=14 August 2019 }}</ref>
The gallery is a private limited company.<ref name="companies-house">{{cite web| url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10271853 | title=The Nine British Art Limited | publisher=Companies House | location=UK | accessdate=6 June 2018 }}</ref> It is owned and run by Stephen and Sylvia Paisnel.
==History== The gallery was originally founded in 1977 as the '''Paisnel Gallery'''.<ref name="paisnel-gallery">{{cite web| url=https://www.paisnelgallery.co.uk/ | title=Paisnel Gallery | location=UK | accessdate=14 August 2019 }}</ref> It was first on Fulham Road, London SW6, before moving to 22 Mason's Yard, London SW1, in the early 1990s.<ref name="allinlondon">{{cite web| url=https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/art-galleries-dealers/11060-paisnel-gallery | title=Paisnel Gallery – 22 Masons Yard, London | website=AllInLondon.co.uk | accessdate=5 October 2020 }}</ref> The gallery was established at 9 Bury Street, London SW1, in 2006, hence its name.<ref name="slad19">{{cite web| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814135410/https://slad.org.uk/art-dealers/d/the-nine-british-art/32096 | title=The Nine British Art | location=UK | publisher=The Society of London Art Dealers | website=Archive.org | date=2019 | accessdate=14 August 2019 }}</ref>
The gallery changed its name to "The Nine British Art" in 2018. Since 2024, the gallery has been located in Pall Mall, London SW1.<ref name="slad" />
{{clear right}} ==Exhibited artists== The following selected artists have been exhibited at and had artworks handled by the gallery:<ref name="slad" /><ref>{{cite web| url=https://theninebritishart.co.uk/artists/ | title=Artists | publisher=The Nine British Art | location=UK | accessdate=6 June 2018 }}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=10em}} * Trevor Bell * Sandra Blow * Frank Bowling * Martin Bradley<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.slad.org.uk/dealers/artist/MARTIN%20%20BRADLEY | title=Martin Bradley | publisher=The Society of London Art Dealers | accessdate=22 December 2016 }}</ref> * John Bratby <!-- * Michael Canney --> * Max Chapman <!-- * Jonathan Clarke --> * Robert Clatworthy * Prunella Clough * Maurice Cockrill * John Copnall * Alan Davie <!-- * Leigh Davis --> * Robyn Denny * Paul Feiler * Robert Fogell<ref name="fogell" /> <!-- * John Forrester --> * Richard Fox<ref name="fox" /> * Terry Frost * Jeremy Gardiner<ref name="davis19">{{cite news| url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/leisure/stage/17588900.artists-concerned-with-time-set-for-resort-exhibition/ | title=Artists concerned with time set for resort exhibition | first=Joanna | last=Davis | newspaper=Dorset Echo | date=22 April 2019 | accessdate=12 September 2019 }}</ref> * William Gear * Frederick Gore <!-- * Peter Haigh --> * Adrian Heath * Barbara Hepworth * Patrick Heron * Ivon Hitchens * Jonathan S. Hooper<ref name="hooper" /> * Peter Lanyon <!-- * John Milne --> * Keith Milow * Denis Mitchell<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/18972/modern-british-art-top-prices-for-things-of-beauty.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201180455/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/18972/modern-british-art-top-prices-for-things-of-beauty.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 February 2014 | title=Modern British art: top prices for things of beauty | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | first=Colin | last=Gleadell | date=17 December 2013 | publisher=Archive.org }}</ref> * Henry Moore <!-- * Paul Mount --> * John Plumb<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/73412/market-news-the-duchess-of-roxburghes-standout-sale.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602181622/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/73412/market-news-the-duchess-of-roxburghes-standout-sale.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 June 2015 | title=Market News: the Duchess of Roxburghe's standout sale | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | first=Colin | last=Gleadell | date=2 June 2015 | publisher=Archive.org }}</ref> <!-- * George Hammond Steel --> * Graham Sutherland * Julian Trevelyan * John Tunnard * William Turnbull * Keith Vaughan * Brian Wall * Billie Waters * Frank Avray Wilson * Tim Woolcock * Gary Wragg<ref name="wragg" /> * Bryan Wynter {{div col end}} <!-- {{incomplete list|date=October 2024}} -->
==Selected exhibition publications== thumb|Internal view of the gallery in Bury Street [[File:The Nine British Art, London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, 2022 - DSC02124.jpg|thumb|The Nine British Art exhibition stand at the London Art Fair in 2022]] The gallery produces print and digital publications to accompany its exhibitions, with its online catalogues freely available via the Issuu electronic publishing platform.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://issuu.com/paisnelgallery | title=The Nine British Art | publisher=ISSUU | accessdate=14 August 2019 }}</ref> Examples of exhibition publications include:
* ''On View at Pall Mall'' (2024) * ''Modern British & Contemporary'' (2023) * ''Leigh Davis – Pushing Boundaries'' (2022)<ref>{{Cite book| url=https://theninebritishart.co.uk/exhibitions/leigh-davis-pushing-boundaries-2022/overview/ | title=Leigh Davis: Pushing Boundaries | publisher=The Nine British Art | location=London | date=2022 | isbn=978-1-7391192-0-1 }}</ref> * ''St Ives Modern British Contemporary'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite book| url=https://theninebritishart.co.uk/exhibitions/28/works/artworks587/ | title=St Ives, Modern British, Contemporary | publisher=The Nine British Art | location=London | date=2021 | isbn=978-1-9995993-8-6 }}</ref> * ''Leigh Davis – Further into Abstraction'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite book| url=https://theninebritishart.co.uk/exhibitions/leigh-davis-further-into-abstraction-2021/ | title=Leigh Davis: Further into Abstraction | publisher=The Nine British Art | location=London | date=2021 | isbn=978-1-9995993-7-9 }}</ref> * ''Jeremy Gardiner – South by Southwest'' (2020)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://vr.masterart.com/tours/3924/the-nine-british-art/jeremy-gardiner-%E2%80%93-south-by-southwest | title=Jeremy Gardiner – South by Southwest | work=MasterArt VR | publisher=MasterArt | date=2020 | accessdate=26 September 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| first=Jeremy | last=Gardiner | title=South by Southwest: The Coast Revealed – Kent to Cornwall | publisher=The Nine British Art | location=London | date=2020 | isbn=978-1-9995993-6-2 | url=https://theninebritishart.co.uk/publications/29/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| first1=Jeremy | last1=Gardiner | first2=Andrew | last2=Lambirth | first3=Christana | last3=Payne | first4=Judith | last4=LeGrove | first5=Steve | last5=Marshall | title=South by Southwest: The Coast Revealed | publisher=Sansom and Company, Redcliffe Press | location=Bristol | date=2020 | isbn=978-1-911408-43-7 }}</ref> * ''St Ives, Modern British, Contemporary'' (2019) * ''Jeremy Gardiner – Tintagel to Lulworth Cove'' (2019)<ref name="davis19" /> * ''Leigh Davis – A New Perspective'' (2018) * ''St Ives & Post-War'' (2017) * ''Gary Wragg – Still Soaring at 70'' (2017) * ''Jeremy Gardiner – Drawn to the Coast'' (2017) * ''40 Years On'' (2017) * ''Jeremy Gardiner – Pillars of Light'' (2016) * ''St Ives and Post-War'' (2016) * ''20th Century British Art'' (2015) * ''John Plumb – A Retrospective'' (2015) * ''Peter Haigh – Paintings '84–'94'' (2015) * ''20th Century British Art'' (2014) * ''Jeremy Gardiner – Exploring the Elemental'' (2013) * ''Sculptures of Note and Prospect'' (2013) * ''20th Century British Art'' (2013) * ''20th Century British Art'' (2012) * ''Frank Avray Wilson – The Vital Years'' (2011) * ''20th Century British Art'' (2010)
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==External links== {{commons category|The Nine British Art}} * [https://theninebritishart.co.uk/ The Nine British Art website]
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