NOW Gallery

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NOW Gallery is a 130-square metre former public creative exhibition space located on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, founded in 2014. NOW Gallery closed in 2025; the future of the space is to be determined.

Established2014
Visitors20,000 (2017)
Director
  • Jemima Burrill
  • Kaia Charles
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NOW Gallery
Established2014
LocationGreenwich Peninsula
Visitors20,000 (2017)
Director
  • Jemima Burrill
  • Kaia Charles
Websitenowgallery.co.uk
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History

Developed by Knight Dragon,[1] the space is housed within the Greenwich Gateway Pavilions, a 7-metre-tall curved building designed by Marks Barfield architects as part of the area's urban regeneration project. NOW Gallery opened on 17 September 2014, with its programme entailing a "revolving door" of three-month commissions from both established and up-and-coming artists, designers and other creatives.[2][3] NOW Gallery is run by a team consisting of founding curators Jemima Burrill and Kaia Charles.[4]

As of 2017, NOW Gallery had an annual visitorship of 20 thousand.[5]

Charles curates an annual Human Stories photography series. NOW Gallery hosted the 2020 Secret 7" exhibition, in which musicians submit songs while visual artists submit cover art for the songs. Secret 7" returned in 2024 to support the charity War Child.[6]

In 2024, marking the 10-year anniversary of NOW Gallery, the gallery saw a rotation of five exhibitions.[7]

At the end of August 2025, NOW Gallery officially closed after 11 years. The building was originally meant to be temporary, but Greenwich Council voted to make it permanent, with Knight Dragon's plans for it to be determined.[8]

Exhibitions

2010s

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Year Title Featuring Ref.
2014–2015 Shade Simon Heijdens [9]
2015 Aperture Robert Orchardson [10]
Emblema Ricardo Cavolo [11]
Floating / Falling / Drowning / Flying – An Introspective of Process Phoebe English [12]
Home Affairs Creative director: Yinka Ilori [13]
Straight Jacket Star Jumps Alex Chinneck [14]
2016 Where Pioneers Live MadeThought
In the Heart of a Whale Margaux Carpentier [15]
The People's Brick Company Something & Son [16]
Intimate Spaces Various, including Cian Oba-Smith [17]
2016–2017 What I Like Molly Goddard [18]
2017 The Iris Rebecca Louise Law [19]
The Island Icinori
WALALA X PLAY Camille Walala [20]
Human Stories: The Body Issue Various [21]
2017–2018 The Come Up Charles Jeffrey [22]
2018 Harmonics in Space Fred Butler [23]
I Don't Have Time for This Hattie Stewart [24]
Indirect Sunlight Laura Aldridge and James Rigler [25]
Human Stories: Another England [26]
2018–2019 Rinse, Repeat Richard Malone [27]
2019 The Mouse and his Child Studio Morison [28]
The Great Supper Sara Shakeel [29]
My Opera House Kinska [30]
Human Stories: Circa No Future Nadia Huggins [31]
2019–2020 Silent Madness Mowalola [32]
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2020s

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Year Title Featuring Ref.
2020 Slices of Time Emmanuelle Moureaux [33]
Secret 7" Various
2020–2021 Meanings and Attachments Mah Rana
Return to Slygo Nicholas Daley [34]
2021 My Head is a Jungle Manjit Thapp [35]
Art Block Collaboration with Design District
2021–2022 Your Ship Has Landed Lydia Chan [36]
2022 Feeling Good Joy Yamusangie [37]
Routine Ben Cullen Williams and Gaika [38]
Maiden Voyage JeeYoung Lee [39]
Human Stories: The Satirists Various [40]
2022–2023 Ribbons Matty Bovan [41]
2023 What You See Here / What You Hear Here Darryl Daley [42]
The Shape of Things Simone Brewster [43]
The Great Supper Sara Shakeel [44]
Human Stories: A Young South Africa Various [45]
2023–2024 Greetings from Ireland Robyn Lynch [46]
2024 Secret 7" with War Child Various
Like a Melody: Myths, Memories and Fantasy Charlotte Mei [47][48]
Up in Smoke John Booth and CAN [49]
Human Stories: Unreported Uprisings Inès Elsa Dalal [50]
2024–2025 Socks: The Art of Care and Repair Celia Pym [51]
2025 Secret 7 with War Child Various
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