EDITOR’S LETTER

Welcome to The Wick

— Katy Wickremesinghe
Dear All,

The benefits of a trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park are multiplying as Hauser & Wirth’s Art Farm announces its plans to open a residential Groucho Club at Bretton Hall, a former arts education facility that sits within the grounds. The hall will be converted into a club and hotel with 60 rooms. Soho House is also moving north and will open an outpost in Manchester.

Crunching data and figures, the UBS / Art Basel Art Market report reveals art sales dropped by 4% last year. Economist Clare McAndrew, who authored the study, attributed the decline to factors including high interest rates, inflationary pressures, and geopolitical instability, all of which contributed to a slowdown in sales in 2023 to nearly $65 bn. The future could be rocky, according to dealers, with political uncertainty and rising costs of fairs and client relationships, but here’s hoping the creative world comes together to buck the trend…

All my best wishes,

Katy
The Wick - Haas brothers poker set

Objects of Desire

Haas poker set, by the Haas Brothers for L’Objet

The Wick - Home
Monday Muse

Interview Whitechapel Gallery director Gilane Tawadros

The Wick - Home
Spotlight

Spotlight artist Omar El Habib

The Wick - The sixth annual Monday Muse dinner, Claridge's

Happenings sixth annual Monday Muse Dinner at Claridge’s

Happenings
The Wick - Henry Moore, The Arch, 1979–1980.

Happenings The Wick’s Top Ten Public Sculptures

Happenings
The Wick - Doron Langberg
Merge, 2023
Oil on linen Diptych

Viewing  A wild night out with Doron Langberg

Doron Langberg leads us on a riotous night out and into the early hours of the next day at Victoria Miro gallery in his solo exhibition, Night.

The Wick - Sara Burns
Starlight, 2024
Oil paint on linen

Viewing  Matt Carey-Williams goes it alone with a duo of shows

Matt Carey-Williams is marking his solo foray with a curatorial project after leaving Victoria Miro with two concurrent shows, or “Episodes”, as he calls them.

The Wick - Photo Credit: Henry Wood

Viewing  Love, through the eyes of a broad spectrum of artists

Feel the love at Loughran Gallery, where curator and Dynamisk founder Angeliki Kim Perfetti has gathered together works by artists that dwell on the age-old emotion in all its myriad forms

“If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re too small.”

Richard Branson