Dear All,

“I like Dame, it has a good ring to it,” says British artist Tracey Emin, 60, who will celebrate her new damehood and birthday next weekend in Margate. Meanwhile, women in fashion also received honours with Anya Hindmarch receiving a Damehood and Rosh Mahtani, founder of Alighieri, honoured for her contributions to British jewellery making and philanthropy with an OBE also on the Kings Birthday Honours list announced earlier this week.

Elsewhere this week, we are diary plotting for the return of the annual boutique art fair Eye of the Collector – running from 26 to 29 June at the Grade-II listed Garrison Chapel at Chelsea Barracks. View installations from a taut selection of galleries, curated by trailblazer Nazy Vassegh. In the meantime, why not check out Kensington & Chelsea Art Week – an art trail seeing local creative spaces come to life, featuring installations with some of London’s best loved artists.

For those looking for a weekend away book tickets to Yorkshire Sculpture Park which sees Bharti Kher’s new exhibition Alchemies take over the grounds and galleries with her sculptures exploring other worlds, mythologies and identities.

Wishing you all a happy weekend of art exploration and being culturally curious.

With best wishes from me and the KTW Family,
Katy