JANUARY
January saw the end of our exhibition Erwin Olaf: Bigger Than Life, with Shirley den Hartog of Foundation Erwin Olaf speaking about the legacy of Olaf’s work at the gallery.
Shirley Den Hartog speaking at Hamiltons Gallery, 28th January 2025.
2025 proved to be landmark year for the work of Erwin Olaf. In October, the first major retrospective of his work after his untimely death in 2023 opened at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The exhibition features iconic and recognisable work by Olaf as well as lesser-known work, including videos and sculptures, his commercial photography, and personal archive material. Erwin Olaf: Freedom culminates with his last work, an unfinished video.
FEBRUARY-MAY
Between February and May Hamiltons was delighted to present From the Roster, featuring significant works from many of the artists Hamiltons has had the privilege of exhibiting over its long history. A rich history to mine, From the Roster included wrok by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton and Sir Don McCullin are presented alongside rare and unique works by Horst P. Horst, Steven Meisel, Sante D’Orazio, Peter Beard, Daidō Moriyama, Andy Warhol and more.
Images: Irving Penn, Girl Behind Bottle, 1949 © Irving Penn | Richard Avedon, Andy Warhol, Artist, New York, 20th August, 1969 © Richard Avedon
JUNE
In June Hamiltons celebrated the work of the masterful Albert Watson with an Online Viewing Room charting the depth and breadth of Watson's storied photographic career. The Online Viewing Room was created to coincide with Watson's monumental exhibition Rome Codex at the Palazzo Esposizioni Rome, where the artist was hand-picked by representatives of the City of Rome to capture the essence of the city. Rome Codex featured 200 large format prints printed on UV linen – a practice that was first developed by Watson for his 2023 exhibition SKYE at Hamiltons.
JUNE-SEPTEMBER
Between June and September, Hamiltons was delighted to exhibit Nick Waplington's We Dance in Mysteries. A collection of photographs taken between 1989 and 1995, Waplington captured the chaos and creativity behind the scenes of Isaac Mizrahi's downtown fashion studio by day and the thumping bassline of the New York City techno scene by night. Waplington described the decision to bring the two sets of images together as a riotous juxtaposition which “describes the vibrancy of a vanished moment in New York’s cultural history.”
Images: UNTITLED (WDM 201), 1989-1995 © Nick Waplington | UNTITLED (WDM 209), 1989-1995 © Nick Waplington
We Dance in Mysteries was featured in Wallpaper, AnOther and Dazed among other publications.
OCTOBER
From the 10th to the 19th of October Hamiltons was delighted to collaborate with Sotheby's Private Sales for Sotheby's at Hamiltons. The collaboration showcased works by artists such as David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yves Klein, Roy Lichtenstein and Gerhard Richter - as well as a pinnacle works by the Surrealist master, Rene Magritte.
NOVEMBER
November at Hamiltons saw the opening of Sandscript by Charles March. After the previously successful shows Abstract & Intentional (2015) and Seascapes (2017), the gallery is thrilled to be showing a stunning series of works that follow March's journey further into abstraction.
See more works from the exhibition at our Artsy Online Viewing Room.
NOVEMBER- PARIS PHOTO
Hamiltons was delighted to return to the Grand Palais for the 28th edition of Paris Photo later in November. Alongside jewels by Helmut Newton, Guido Mocafico, Hiro and others, the gallery was the only exhibitor to present work by Albert Watson from his acclaimed 2025 show at the Palazzo Esposizioni, A Rome Codex.
Photography of the Hamiltons Booth 2025 by Marc Domage.
Sandscript will continue through the end of January and the Hamiltons will be showing an exciting programme of exhibitions in 2026.