Colnaghi

Established: 1760

Founded in 1760, Colnaghi is one of the oldest commercial art galleries in the world with an unmatched history. From the late nineteenth century, Colnaghi became the leading dealership of Old Master paintings, selling masterpieces to the greatest collectors and museums of the gilded age. The only major commercial gallery to specialise in artworks from antiquity through to the modern era, Colnaghi handles unique objects from the Ancient World, the finest Old Masters and Modern masterpieces. With galleries and experts in London, New York, and Madrid, Colnaghi is able to offer an unparalleled service and programme of exhibitions and events. Colnaghi’s exhibitions showcase the finest Old Masters, Ancient and Modern works of art in the world. Past exhibitions have included a temporary gallery space in Venice for the 58th Biennale, which merged the spirit of the Grand Tour with the desires of the 21st-century traveller. Colnaghi London’s past exhibitions have presented opportunities to cross collect from an array of diverse categories. Forthcoming shows in London and New York will offer a superb breadth of paintings, drawings, sculpture and ancient works of art, telling the stories of exquisite and rare art and objects from across the globe.

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Member since 2020

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Current exhibitions

Colnaghi

London West End

In Vino Veritas: The Visual Rhetoric of Wine

15 Jun - 31 Jul 2026

26 Bury Street, SW1Y 6AL, London

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm

an exhibition which examines wine as a primary motif in the Western iconographic tradition, juxtaposing archaeological material with Old Master paintings and sculptures to trace a fundamental shift in European attitudes toward wine and its representation

Colnaghi

London West End

Moving Stillness: Nordic Painting and Drawing from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Early Modern Period

15 Jun - 31 Jul 2026

26 Bury Street, SW1Y 6AL, London

Mon-Fri 10am-6pm

an exhibition exploring the transformation in Nordic painting from the mid-nineteenth century to the early decades of the twentieth, a moment of profound artistic and cultural reorientation when many artists travelled to, and studied in, Paris