This September, Charles Burnand Gallery opens its long-awaited permanent home at 20 Bruton Place, Mayfair. Opening on 12 September, during London Design Festival, the inaugural exhibition Under Wraps transforms the act of unveiling into part of the exhibition itself, with significant new works revealed through a choreographed sequence of automated unveilings.

The opening marks a defining moment in a period of sustained international growth for the gallery, whose exhibition and fair programme has expanded significantly across the United States, the Middle East, and Asia. The move sees Charles Burnand Gallery relocate from its Fitzrovia space, home to the gallery since 2021, into the heart of London’s historic gallery district. The Mayfair opening is the first of two major milestones in the gallery's expansion, with a permanent, large-scale gallery in the Cotswolds set to follow in 2027.

The Mayfair gallery has been designed by Richard Parr Architects, establishing a cohesive architectural language that will also define the Cotswolds gallery on its opening in 2027. Both spaces are conceived as sculptural environments for sculptural work, built to present materially ambitious design at a scale and quality more commonly associated with contemporary art institutions. Together, the two openings form a broader arc for the gallery: a defining cultural presence in London, followed by a landmark countryside destination for monumental, museum-scale work.

As the inaugural exhibition of Charles Burnand Gallery's new Mayfair home, Under Wraps establishes the curatorial direction of the space and reimagines what an opening exhibition can be, transforming the beginning of a new chapter for the gallery, its artists and their collectors into the substance of the exhibition itself.

Under Wraps is on view at Charles Burnand Gallery from 12 September 2026 to 9 January 2027.