THE DIARY
Surrey’s Premier Lifestyle Magazine
Design diary pick
Art fairs and festivals for the calendar.
London Art Fair
Islington Business Design Centre18–22 January 2017
Annually launching the art world year, this event will see over 100 carefully selected galleries from the UK and overseas present their best in Modern British and International contemporary art alongside talks, tours and performances. The Lightbox, Woking celebrates its 10th year in 2017 and is the chosen museum partner for the 2017 fair. It will be presenting major works from The Ingram Collection in a unique exhibition ‘Ten Years: A Century of Art’.
In addition to the main Fair you’ll also find two curated sessions focusing on younger galleries, new work and contemporary photography; Art projects and Photo50; definitely one to clear the diary for.
Website: www.londonartfair.co.uk
Clerkenwell Design Week
Various locations23–25 May 2017
Clerkenwell is one of the most important design hubs in the world, home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet. It has a rich design history stemming from the Industrial revolution. Design Week activity is staged across an area measuring roughly 2.5sq miles and reflects Clerkenwell’s unique variety of buildings that have been transformed into studios, showrooms and workshops. These have attracted many architectural, design and creative practices over the past two decades.
Hundreds of new products will launch here, from small home accessories to large investment pieces. The main exhibition venues will be full of the latest and best new products in contemporary design from Britain and beyond. Each venue has a distinct offering, showing the breadth of creativity that makes this week such an important part of the London design calendar. It’s a great place for inspirational contemporary designs and new product launches, not to be missed.
Website: www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com
Affordable Art Fair
Battersea20–23 October 2016
You don’t need to be an experienced art collector, or an expert in contemporary art to find a piece to fall in love with. With 110 galleries bringing 1,100 artists and all the art priced between £100 and £5,000, you’ll be spoilt for choice.
Diverse and inspiring collections of original and contemporary paintings, editioned prints, photography and sculptures by household names and established artists.
Confirmed galleries include Linda Blackstone Gallery, Liberty Gallery, Jealous Gallery, Eleven and a Half and Eduardo Alessandro Studios.
Website: www.affordableartfair.com/battersea
The Works on Paper Fair
Royal Geographical Society South Kensington9–12 February 2017
The 2017 fair will present work for sale from leading dealers in early, Victorian, Modern and Contemporary art, with the specific criteria that all are works on paper. The fair is the only one of its kind showing just works on paper. It provides a rare chance to purchase a vast yet specially selected, expertly vetted range of drawings, watercolours, original prints, posters and artists’ books.
The 2016 fair saw sales of pictures by artists such as John Varley OWS, Francis Wheatley R.A, Sir George Clausen, Dame Laura Knight, Stanley Spencer and John Minton as well as David Hockney and other Twentieth century and contemporary artists.
Every year, the fair features a loan exhibition of pictures not normally on display to the public. The loan exhibition for the 2017 fair is a selection from the rarely seen and highly regarded Eton College Collections, which now includes some 1,500 drawings and watercolours. The loan exhibition will feature some of the biggest names in early English watercolour, such as Thomas Gainsborough, J.S. Cotman, Thomas Girtin, J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Rowlandson and Samuel Palmer, as well as major Twentieth Century works.
“The wonderful thing about the Works on Paper fair is that it attracts all sorts of people, not just collectors of drawings, but also museum curators and scholars” Stephen Ongpin, 2016 exhibitor.
Website: www.worksonpaperfair.com
