In the three decades since Sarah Myerscough opened her first London gallery, she has never had a more critical part to play in the world of what she calls the “crafted arts”. Her latest project, The Schoolhouse, brings a flamboyant but long-derelict red-brick Victorian gothic parish house back to life as a four-floor space that mixes galleries, meeting rooms and learning workshops. It was originally designed by the successful society architect Sir Arthur Blomfield and stands at the centre of Balderton Street, one of the more unexpectedly humble slices of London’s Mayfair. Gilbert Bayes’ larger-than-life Queen of Time makes a swaggering appearance over the entrance to Selfridges at one end of the street. Antony Gormley’s architecturally scaled sculpture emerges from the facade of the Beaumont Hotel at the other.
Sarah Myerscough opens a beacon of hope for the ‘crafted arts’
The gallerist has transformed a derelict Victorian building in London’s Mayfair into a space that champions craft against the tide of AI
Deyan Sudjic , The Financial Times , October 1, 2025
