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About Gallery Roma
CELEBRATING ART CHARITY AND FRIENDSHIP
Ljubica Jankovic Lazaric
Café Roma has been a bright and friendly spot for Chelsea locals for many years, suffused with the warmth and hospitality of Elvin, Cibe and their family.
It has also been a place of comfort, refuge and familiarity for many of the patients, family and friends of those whose lives have brought them to The Royal Marsden Hospital, a few paces away.
It was in this capacity that a patient of the Royal Marsden, Ljubica Jankovic
Lazaric, her husband Boris and children Lea and Filip, came to know Café Roma.
Ljubica was a keen art lover and artist herself, as both a painter and in her career as a documentary film maker, making over 150 films in her lifetime.
A Gallery is Born
Another long standing regular at Café Roma is Mr John Butler, Consultant surgeon and gynaecologist at the Marsden. You will often spot him collecting his latte first thing in the morning and tucking into a lasagne at lunchtime.
John Butler started caring for Ljubica at the Marsden when she was diagnosed with cancer in 2021. When Ljubica passed away in June 2024, the Lazarics wanted to do something purposeful and tangible to remember and honour her. They decided to breathe new life and colour into Café Roma through a renovation of the space.
As the project grew in ambition, the idea grew to establish a small but perfectly formed new gallery space – Gallery Roma was born. Gallery Roma's purpose is to exhibit and sell the work of local artists, whilst supporting cancer charities, with all gallery profits going to those causes.
Our programme
Our inaugural exhibition, 'Colour & Light' ran from October - December 2025 and featured the work of Chelsea plein air artist, Louise Diggle. Colour & Light was in support of The Lady Garden Foundation, a national women’s health charity, raising awareness and funding for the five gynaecological cancers.
In our Christmas 2025 show, running from December to February 2026, we welcome more Chelsea Artists to exhibit their works. The Christmas 2025 show is in support of The Friends of the Royal Marsden. To purchase work please contact us through the website