Founded in 1995, MARUANI MERCIER represents 27 contemporary artists alongside its programme of museum quality historical exhibitions whilst continuing to build on the legacy of a number of renowned estates. Showing established artists alongside young and emerging new talent, the gallery promotes an artistic dialogue between different generations. It also contributes to new scholarship across its programmes by inviting prominent art historians and curators to collaborate on its exhibition catalogues and artist texts. Many of the gallery's artists participate in international exhibitions and are today placed in some of the most important museums and private collections around the world.

Initially MARUANI MERCIER's primary programme focused on celebrated American artists from the 1980s who, working within the medium of painting and sculpture, sought to reflect the aesthetic and social concerns of their time. Including; Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Ron Gorchov, Peter Halley, Jonathan Lasker, and Sue Williams.

Over the years, the gallery has looked to a new generation of artists who, working across diverse media, address topical subjects relating to history, politics, the environment, and questions of identity and authorship. Radcliffe Bailey, Esiri Erheriene-Essi, and Victor Ehikhamenor examine themes surrounding Black history and culture, while Lyle Ashton Harris interrogates societal constructs of sexuality and race. Jaclyn Conley's beautiful and nostalgic paintings offer a poignant reflection on the social and political concerns of American life, and Tony Matelli uses humour and irony to confront issues of isolation and impermanence. Kate Gottgens recontextualizes found imagery in memory-laden paintings that explore the seductive tension between nostalgia, beauty, and unease, whereas Æmen Ededéen fuses mythology, ancestral memory, and futuristic symbolism. Von Wolfe draws on historical masters while combining traditional oil techniques with AI-assisted processes, and Pam Glick investigates the interplay of materiality and memory, layering sculptural surfaces to blur the boundaries between personal and collective histories.

In addition to the celebrated exhibitions held there, THE WAREHOUSE has hosted Kwesi Botchway, Cornelius Annor, Johnson Eziefula, and Samuel de Saboia as part of its annual artist residency. In 2026, the gallery expanded with the acquisition of a new art works depot in Brussels, further strengthening its infrastructure and long-term vision while bringing its operations closer to the Brussels gallery. The same year also saw the opening of a gallery space on Rue Saint-Georges.

Since 2018, MARUANI MERCIER has been calculating its CO₂ footprint and offsetting it through projects in Malawi, Brazil and Guatemala. We are proud to be one of the first carbon neutral galleries in the world.