Maddox Gallery is dedicated to supporting and showcasing the work of blue chip, established and emerging artists from across the globe.
The artists that are part of the Maddox Gallery group are all acclaimed in their fields. They work in a range of mediums, from photography to painting. Our artists are carefully selected not only for the excellent quality of their work, but their tireless dedication to their art.
“James Nicholls truly is a world-class art dealer who has an infectious passion for what he does. He has successfully mixed business with pleasure to provide a unique, dedicated service to others.”
James Nicholls is the Managing Director and Curator of Maddox Gallery. As an internationally recognised investment art specialist, James is the Art Critic for London Live TV as well as an art contributor to an extensive range of international publications television programmes.
His ability to analyse changing art market trends has enabled James to successfully source up-and-coming artists, help them launch their careers and become highly sought-after – such as with the notable
. He has built and nurtured strong relationships with art dealers, auction houses and art institutions that enable him to establish the origins and value of the artworks he acquires, and provide clients looking to start or build an art collection with the very best counsel.
James carefully designs an annual programme of visually spectacular, engaging and relevant modern art for Maddox Gallery. For more information on our current exhibition please see our virtual tour section.
We are a Mayfair & West London based chain of galleries specialising in contemporary and modern art. We have built a reputation for sourcing and exhibiting exclusive, cutting-edge art from internationally acclaimed and emerging artists. The gallery prides itself on providing collectors of all levels with an accessible platform offering clients a bespoke service of the highest quality.
Banksy’s stencils feature striking and humorous images, often with anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-establishment slogans. Subjects frequently include rats, apes, policemen, bombs, soldiers and children. His prowess as a street artist drew the attention of the mainstream art business and in 2002 he had a small exhibition in the 33⅓ Gallery in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles. Banksy’s work began appearing at fine art auctions, where it attracted bids well over the high estimates, and sold to celebrity collectors such as Christina Aguilera, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
One measure of the way Banksy has moved from the street to the investment market is the mobile home story. In 2008 a couple from Norfolk, UK, decided to sell their mobile home. A decade earlier Banksy had asked if he could use the side of their home as a large canvas. In thanks he gave them two tickets to the Glastonbury Music Festival. Consequently, their home features a 30-foot mural, entitled Fragile Silence. The mobile home bought by the couple 11 years earlier for £1,000 GBP, was being sold for £500,000. Another sign of his ‘respectability’ – he contributed a work Protect From All Elements to a charity sale organised by Leonardo de Caprio. The high estimate was $100,000. It sold for $315,000.
