MESSUMS WEST is a leading multi-purpose gallery and arts centre set inside a restored thirteenth-century tithe barn with surrounding buildings, gallery space, sculpture garden and restaurant. It hosts exhibitions, symposiums and performance throughout the year.
MESSUMS LONDON is a commercial presentation space on Cork Street behind the Royal Academy. It hosts a programme of exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.
The Mess is at the heart of Messums West and is an ideal place to reflect on the art on display whilst catching up with friends and family over a freshly ground coffee or speciality tea with homemade cake.
Light lunches are served midday until 3pm, Thursday – Monday.
Our courtyard garden offers our guests the chance to soak up more of the beautiful surroundings here at Messums.
MESSUMS EAST is opening in Spring 2026 at the Old Post Office, Lowestoft and is being reimagined as a venue for exhibitions, artist studios, residency and community engagement.
In theatrical circles, the ‘green room’ is the place where artists prepare to go on stage, traditionally painted green with low lighting to encourage an environment of relaxed contemplation. Inspired by this concept, The Green Room at Messums London is an unique space in the Cork Street gallery dedicated to showcasing innovative new and emerging contemporary art from around the world; a place to find exciting world-class talent before it takes centre stage.
The intimate solo and mixed exhibitions in The Green Room will operate separately from the main programme in the gallery, rotating regularly, creating a dynamic centre for emerging contemporary art at the heart of the London art world’s most prestigious street.
As specialists in twentieth century and contemporary sculpture, Messums have an unrivalled collection of Elisabeth Frink’s available to the art market along with many other fine examples of figurative sculptures in bronze, stone and marble.
Our collections and newly arrived artworks are housed at the Blackbarn storage facility and can be viewed by appointment at The Elisabeth Frink Studio.
In 2016, Messums saved Elisabeth Frink’s Woolland studio from demolition and in 2019 it was reconstructed in the tithe barn in Tisbury before finding a permanent home in Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire.
Founded by the team at Messums West, MW Art Services is an independent company of specialists in the arts industry.
Bringing together the unique range of expertise and skill sets that have driven the Messums West programming, MW Art Services is now available directly to individuals and institutions to help with the storage, maintenance and management of your artworks and collections.
From March 2024, supplementing our specialist art services, we are delighted to launch art photography for artists and collectors. In partnership with Steve Russell studios. We can offer high resolution photography on Hasselblad multishot for publication, website, social media, documentation and archiving. If you are an artist or small business owner looking to add products to a website, we can provide the professional looking images that you need.
Contact us at we**@me*****.org to discuss your requirements.
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