Alison Jacques: The gallerist championing under-appreciated artists
Anna Solomon, Luxury London
May 2024
Alison Jacques believes the future is female. And elderly. The Financial Times even dubbed her ‘the queen of old ladies’. The gallerist can be credited with invigorating the careers of numerous older women, including Brazilian painter Lygia Clark, American artist Sheila Hicks and Slovakian sculptor Mária Bartuszová; she has made a name for herself providing artists with new-found notoriety later on in life, or even posthumously. Think of it as backdating acclaim to make up for historical inequalities in the art world. […]