Huxley-Parlour

While this gallery built its reputation as a stronghold for twentieth-century photography, a shift in 2018 opened the floor to painting and sculpture. Originally founded as Beetles+Huxley in 2010, the space spent its first eight years dedicated almost exclusively to the camera before rebranding and expanding its remit. Today, you find Huxley-Parlour operating across two Mayfair locations – one on Maddox Street and another tucked onto pedestrianized Swallow Street just off Piccadilly. The programming is designed to create friction and dialogue between history and the current moment. You might walk in to find a retrospective of a street photography giant like Elliott Erwitt or Vivian Maier, or you might encounter a solo show by an emerging contemporary painter. The gallery maintains a high turnover rate for its exhibitions, rotating shows approximately every six weeks. This pace means the walls change frequently, preventing the space from feeling static. Despite the broadened scope, the gallery remains a serious resource for photography collectors. The annual "The Photographers" exhibition is a staple of the calendar, often drawing significant foot traffic. For those who want to take more than a visual memory home, the gallery produces its own exhibition catalogues, which are often detailed enough to serve as reference books long after the show comes down. Regulars tend to keep an eye on the newsletter for alerts on private views and book signings.