Anthony d'Offay Gallery

Anthony d'Offay (b. 1940) opened his first gallery in 1965. It was known eponymously as Anthony d'Offay Fine Art Gallery and was located at 8 Vigo Street, Piccadilly, London. After initially focusing on historical 20th-century British art, he began exhibiting international contemporary artists in the 1970's. He ran the gallery with his wife Anne Seymour (b. 1941). He represented and exhibited major contemporary artists, including Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol, Gilbert & George, and Richard Long, amongst many. Circa 1970, he launched his new gallery known as the d'Offay Couper Gallery at 23 Dering Street, off New Bond Street. Here, he exhibited mostly historical exhibitions of early 20th-century British art, including 'Abstract Art in England 1913-1915'.

In 2001, the Dering Street gallery closed, and d'Offay sold his collection of art, which was then valued at £100 million, to the National Galleries of Scotland and the Tate Gallery. The collection, then referred to 'Artist Rooms' toured with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments.