D'OFFAY COUPER GALLERY

1965 - 2001

d'Offay Couper Gallery was launched by (Georges) Anthony d'Offay (1940-) when he opened his first gallery in tiny rooms off Piccadilly, London in 1965 at the age of 25. Four years later launched his new gallery the d'Offay Couper Gallery at 23 Dering Street and had mostly historical exhibitions of early 20th century British art including Abstract Art in England 1913-1915 and in the 1970s, he commenced showing contemporary art. The gallery was run by Anthony d'Offay and his wife Anne Seymour (1941-), formerly a curator at Tate, and Marie-Louise Laband (1955-) who managed the gallery and exhibition programme. The gallery at 9 Dering Street, London, W1S 1AG, closed in 2001, when he founded Artist Rooms in 2008. Suffolk artist exhibiters include Margaret Green.