The House Has a Body

Marisa Müsing, Hayfa Algwaiz, Monya Riachi

14 October ⁠–⁠ 14 November 2026

The front window of Gallery 44 at night, seen from the street: the exhibition title on the glass and the lit front room behind it.
  • OpeningWednesday 14 October, 6–9pm
  • VisitingTuesday–Saturday, 10am–4pm. The bedroom by appointment.
  • Address44 Chalcot Road, Primrose Hill, London NW1 8LS
  • Press releaseOctober 2026 · PDF (opens in a new tab)

About

Places accumulate within the body as both a receiver and an archive.

Shirin Fathi, exhibition text

The House Has a Body brings together painting, sculpture and domestic objects by Marisa Müsing, Hayfa Algwaiz and Monya Riachi. Presented within a lived-in townhouse in Primrose Hill during London’s Frieze Week, the exhibition considers how domestic spaces hold emotion, memory and traces of lived experience.

Exhibition catalogue and pricesPDF · 36 pages · 8.2 MB (opens PDF in a new tab)

Availability is confirmed by email.

Installation views

The front room in warm light: Marisa Müsing’s steel chair and coat rack on white plinths, a hand mirror above the fireplace, and Hayfa Algwaiz’s painting on the wall.
The front room, The House Has a Body.
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Selected works

  • Hayfa Algwaiz, Ground Floor: a tall floor plan painted in soft greys, greens and pinks, hung from a dowel.

    Ground Floor

    Oil paint and pencil on linen canvas 45 × 105 cm; dowel 53.5 cm £4,500 Availability on request Enquire by email
  • Hayfa Algwaiz, Basement: a tall floor plan painted with deeper greens and a pale circle, hung from a dowel.

    Basement

    Oil paint and pencil on linen canvas 45 × 104 cm; dowel 53.5 cm £4,500 Availability on request Enquire by email
  • A slender steel chair with a looped back and a ruffled pale blue silk seat, on a white plinth.

    Cry, Baby Chair, 2026

    Steel, raw silk 45 × 45 × 90 cm £3,000 Availability on request Enquire by email
  • Two steel candlesticks of different heights with teardrops running down their stems.

    Cry, Baby Candle Sticks, 2026

    Steel 6.5 × 6.5 cm; heights 16 and 21 cm £110 small / £130 large Availability on request Enquire by email
  • Watercolour pencil drawing of red poppies at different stages, with handwritten text, on plant fibre paper.

    Introductions

    Watercolour pencil drawing on plant fibre paper 29 × 39 cm £900 Availability on request Enquire by email
  • Futures 01: a poppy stem embossed in relief on a sheet of aluminium.

    Futures 01

    Relief embossing on aluminium 20 × 15 cm £1,400 Availability on request Enquire by email

Events & photographs

12 photographs

Event details
  • Wed 14 Oct 2026, 9:30–11amArtist Breakfast and PanelA tour, then breakfast and a conversation with the three artists, moderated by Christina Shoucair (Hayaty Diaries) and Soraya Durand (NASO Art Journal).
  • Wed 14 Oct 2026, 6–9pmOpeningOpening drinks during Frieze Week.

Films

All films

Artists

Marisa Müsing

Hayfa Algwaiz

Monya Riachi

Room by room

As installed, October 2026; numbers follow the house plan. The living-room hang is to be confirmed.

Walk through the house

Press enquiries: jino@gallery44.co.uk · Press room

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