Blog, Exhibitions

Picasso and Paper

Royal Academy of Art 25 January- 13 April Pablo Picasso drawing in Antibes 1946 Black and White Photo Copyright Michel Sima/Bridgeman editions. This is the RA Spring 2020 blockbuster Billed as the most comprehensive exhibition devoted to Picasso's imaginative and original uses of paper ever to be held. There are over 300 works encompassing Picasso's… Continue reading Picasso and Paper

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I can’t Draw !

This book will prove you can When it arrived, I wondered if this book had come to the wrong reviewer as I can draw, however if I couldn’t, this would be the book to encourage and to enable me.          When I was at art school, drawing was out of fashion and it remained so… Continue reading I can’t Draw !

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Top Drawer’s S/S 2020 best small producers

Spice Kitchen :mother and son team Sanjay & Shashi Aggarwal Visiting trade shows always sounds exciting, but for those of you who have been to the likes of the Ideal Home Show and The Country Living Fair, you will know just how exhausting it can be. I recently wrote a piece on new spring and… Continue reading Top Drawer’s S/S 2020 best small producers

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Key Interior Trends for 2020

This week Olympia hosted ‘Top Drawer’ the show where the buyers go to source new, unearth the latest trends and discover emerging talent, and buy for the coming season.          According to Flamingo Trend Predictions , there are four key trends this season the first being Playful Chromatics. Described thus, as a fun filled palette… Continue reading Key Interior Trends for 2020

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Purchase PIVOT jewellery for Christmas

PIVOT is a social enterprise set up by Alice Moxley to give young people work, pay them a living wage and to help them out of poverty. As she says we create British handmade goods with clout. We are a social enterprise which aims to alleviate long-term tenures in temporary accommodation by bringing enterprise and… Continue reading Purchase PIVOT jewellery for Christmas