Past exhibitions
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Brassaï - 'Secret Paris'
7 Feb - 28 Mar 2026 In 1933, bewitched by the city of Paris, the photographer Brassaï published Paris by Night, a groundbreaking photo book depicting the shadowed streets, cafés, lovers, and nocturnal wanderers that came to define the modern image of the city.
The show coincides with a new edition of Brassaï’s 1933 book Paris by Night, published by Flammarion on January 27, 2026, and an exhibition of his photography at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, opening in March.
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Constantin Brancusi Photographs
With Thaddaeus Ropac London 13 Jan - 21 Mar 2026 In collaboration with Thaddaeus Ropac at their London location. We present Constantin Brancusi’s photographs over two decades – and the artist’s first solo exhibition in London since his landmark Tate... Read more -
Bill Brandt - Stones & curves
1 Sep - 1 Nov 2025 Bill Brandt’s nudes live at the junction where geology and the body become a single grammar: pebbles answer knees, cliffs echo shoulders, the human silhouette reduced and enlarged into an architecture of contour. Stones & Curves gathers twelve iconic prints — vintage gelatin-silver impressions hand-made by Brandt in the 1970s and entering this presentation with provenance from Marlborough Gallery — to consider a practice where form, not titillation, is the subject. Read more -
Nudes and Stones - Bill Brandt
1 Sep - 30 Nov 2025 Bill Brandt — Stones & Curves Brandt's nudes occupy the threshold where body and landscape become a single grammar: knees answer pebbles, shoulders echo cliffs, the human silhouette re-mapped into... Read more
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Brassaï - PARIS AT NIGHT
1 - 30 Jun 2025 Brassaï’s Paris at Night unfolds the city as theatre, its shadows alive with drama, tenderness, and intrigue. This exhibition presents fifteen vintage gelatin-silver prints, each hand-printed by the artist in the 1970s and recently acquired from Marlborough Gallery.
From the charged intimacy of Le bal des invertis au Magic-City (1932) to the quarrels and laughter of the musette dance halls on rue de Lappe, Brassaï reveals Paris’s nocturnal margins with both empathy and precision. His lens makes light itself the protagonist: lamplight, neon, reflections, all choreographing encounters between lovers, strangers, and outcasts.
These prints are not only images but testimonies — material artifacts marked by Brassaï’s own curatorial hand. Encountered today, they remain startlingly modern: proposing the city at night as a stage where desire, solitude, and community continue to negotiate their fragile balances. Read more -
Springs Blue Featuring; Moore, Picasso, Bonnard, Braque, Duchamp & More
17 Apr - 30 May 2025 An exhibition of rare and iconic 20th-century artworks—SPRING’S BLUE CHIPS presents a curated constellation of masterpieces by the undisputed titans of modernism. Featuring original works by Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Marcel Duchamp, and more. Read more -
Gauguin Woodcuts
16 Jan - 31 Mar 2025 Paul Gauguin's woodcuts occupy a singular position in the history of printmaking. His original woodcuts, which he carved and most often printed himself, constitute a veritable revolution in the history... Read more -
Constantin Brâncuși's Endless Column Voulangis And Tirgu Jiu
16 Nov 2024 - 1 Jan 2025 On view at Grob Gallery, Constantin Brâncuși's Endless Column: Voulangis and Târgu Jiu invites viewers to explore one of modernism’s most iconic forms through Brâncuși’s own lens. The exhibition features 30 photographs, including eight self-portraits of Brâncuși working on the Endless Column, providing an intimate glimpse into the mind and hand that shaped this revolutionary work.
Regarded as “the most radical sculpture in the history of classic modernism,” the Endless Column stands alongside the great monumental works of the ancient world, yet it is distinctly of its own time—an extraordinary vision of infinity, purity, and ascent. Beginning with a series of doubled pyramids, Brâncuși discovered a language of repeating forms that transcends the physical, suggesting a continuum that defies boundaries and extends into the unknown.
This exhibition traces the column’s journey from its origins in Edward Steichen’s garden in Voulangis to its culmination in the monumental installation at Târgu Jiu, Romania—a UNESCO World Heritage site. In the words of art historian Sidney Geist, the column appears as a "repetition without monotony," a form that rises with elegance and intent, both grounded and ethereal. Its rhythm and balance speak to a timeless order and harmony that stand as symbols of endurance.
Brâncuși’s photographs of the Steichen Column, now preserved in collections such as the Centre Georges Pompidou and Kunsthaus Zurich, offer an invaluable perspective on his dedication to documenting and refining his vision. Through these images and the self-portraits that reveal his intimate creative process, Constantin Brâncuși's Endless Column: Voulangis and Târgu Jiu honors a work that stands at the heart of modernism—a bold testament to the boundless possibilities of form and the enduring human pursuit of transcendence.
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Sculpture: LIGHT AND SHADOW
Featuring; Ron Arad, Louise Hunt, Anthony Gormley, Sylvie Fleury, Marc Quinn, Bill Woodrow, David Nash, Mat Collshaw, Henry Moore, César, Paul Gauguin, Eric Kennington, and Elisabeth Frink. 1 Sep - 30 Nov 2024 Materiality and Modern Life
The exhibition draws attention to the transformative power of industrial materials in the hands of visionary sculptors. Ron Arad’s fluid, futuristic steel creations challenge the notion of fixed form, merging art and design to blur the boundaries of function. Bill Woodrow similarly engages with industrial debris, turning discarded objects into powerful reflections on mass consumption and environmental impact.
César’s "Compressions" series, where crushed automobiles and metal objects are refashioned into sculptural forms, offers a stark commentary on consumerism and waste in modern society. As César once stated, “The material reflects the speed and violence of our time,” encapsulating his critique of industrial excess (César Retrospective, Centre Pompidou). Quinn’s sculptures evoke the beauty of the natural world, frozen in time, while simultaneously commenting on the fragility of our ecosystems.
Nature, Shadow, and the Human Figure
A central focus of LIGHT AND SHADOW is the human form, often caught in the tension between the mechanical and the organic. Elisabeth Frink’s monumental sculpture of a running man captures a moment of raw, physical energy, embodying the primal urge to move forward while casting long shadows on the path behind. Frink’s powerful figure embodies themes of survival and human vulnerability, standing in contrast to the industrial materials of her peers, yet deeply connected to the elemental forces of nature.
In a similar vein, Anthony Gormley’s sculptures, which often depict the human form in meditative stillness, confront questions of identity, embodiment, and space. Gormley’s works invite viewers to consider the weight of the body in relation to the earth, while Henry Moore’s iconic organic forms reflect on the eternal bond between human life and the natural world. Moore’s sculptures, inspired by natural elements, bridge the gap between modern industrialization and humanity’s timeless connection to the landscape.
As Moore famously said, “The human figure is central to my sculpture; it reflects our place within the natural world” (Henry Moore: Writings and Conversations), a sentiment that resonates throughout the exhibition.
Bridging Past and Present
Through works by artists such as Paul Gauguin and Eric Kennington, LIGHT AND SHADOW offers a historical foundation for contemporary explorations of material, form, and nature. Gauguin’s sculptural work, informed by his experiences in Tahiti, presents an organic, almost mythic connection to the natural world, while Kennington’s war memorial sculptures speak to the power of art in commemorating historical events.
By uniting these historical works with contemporary sculptors, LIGHT AND SHADOW illustrates how the medium of sculpture transcends time—addressing universal themes of creation, destruction, and humanity’s place between the forces of nature and the machine.
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Polaroid daze
1 Jun - 1 Oct 2024 The Polaroid is photography at its most physical: a single object, developing in the hand, unique and unrepeatable. No negative, no edition, no distance between the moment of taking and... Read more -
Grob Gallery at THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW by AIPAD 2024
booth A44. 23 - 28 Apr 2024 Grob Gallery proudly announces its participation in THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW by AIPAD 2024, showcasing an extraordinary exhibit at booth A44. Highlights include Constantin Brâncuși, William Klein also vintage works by Man Ray, Kertesz, and others will also be featured. Read more -
STREIK !
27 Sep - 30 Nov 2019 Pauline Beaudemont
Sylvie Fleury
Nan Goldin
Lisa Holzer
Natalia LL
Sue Williams
and window projections by Sophie Le Meillour Read more
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French Photography
Vintage works from the 1920's to 1960's 2 May - 27 Jul 2019 VERNISSAGE Thursday 2 May 2019 18:00 - 20:00 Read more -
GRÉGOIRE MÜLLER - ALL OVER THE PLACE
Paintings 1978-2018 1 Mar - 27 Apr 2019 VERNISSAGE Thursday 28 February 2019 18:00 - 20:00 The artist is present Read more -
PASCAL BERTHOUD
SCULPTURES 30 Jan - 22 Feb 2019 « …The series of sculptures Comme une étrange géologie , unevenly shaped sculptures, as if dented, resemble asteroids in shape and large stones in size, like those that are rolled... Read more -
GAUGUIN, TAHITI & PHOTOGRAPHY
9 Nov 2018 - 2 Feb 2019 VERNISSAGE Thursday 8 November 2018 18:00 – 20:00 Read more
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ANDRE KERTESZ / BILL BRANDT
DISTORSIONS 27 Sep - 2 Nov 2018 Monday - Thursday 12 - 4pm Friday 12 - 6pm Saturday 12 - 4pm Read more -
LANDSCAPES
22 Mar - 27 Apr 2018 Read more -
BEAUTIFUL, USEFUL, LOVE
Ron Arad 3 Nov 2017 - 9 Mar 2018 Grob Gallery is excited to announce that Ron Arad, together with David Adjaye, have won UK Holocaust Design Competition. The main objective and the motivation behind the prize is to... Read more -
Silence Stronger Than Thunder
22 Sep - 27 Oct 2017 VERNISSAGE Thursday, 21 September 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Read more
Online
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Polaroid: The photographers sketch. Helmut Newton, Araki, Ralph Gibson, William Klein, Andy Warhol and more!
9 Feb - 21 May 2021 Grob Gallery is pleased to present a POLAROID Show! Featuring the greatest photographers of the 20th century. Polaroid was a way to gage the light and to find the composition... Read more -
SIEFF + HASKINS
5 Sep - 1 Nov 2020 Grob Gallery is pleased to announce our upcoming Exhibition, Sieff + Haskins which will feature Jeanloup Sieff (1933-2000) & Sam Haskins (1926-2009) both have pioneered fine art photography and one... Read more -
The Spring of Escapism
8 Apr - 6 May 2020 A Group show featuring; Grégoire Müller, Willy Ronis, Rogie Andre, Richard Misrach, Roger Parry, Nobuyoshi Araki, Bill Brandt, Marc Quinn, Damion Berger, Susan Derges, Edward Curtis, Pierre Boucher, William Klein,... Read more -
The Spring of Escapism
8 Apr - 6 May 2020 Spring gently whispers to us of summer's arrival as she wakes herself and winter falls back to slumber. This year she may be shocked by what she awakens to see,... Read more
