EDITOR’S LETTER

Welcome to The Wick

— Katy Wickremesinghe
Dear All,

Brain fog? Join millions on World Meditation Day and endeavour to clear the mind from clutter. It will be good practice for all the booking that’s required to enjoy a cornucopia of events including The Chelsea Flower Show, Hay Festival and even a tour of the new Elizabeth Line transport hubs that are helping reshape London as a modern metropolis.

Many will be optioning talks and events at Davos which opens next week with 50 heads of state joining the World Economic Forum. Spiralling inflation, fuel costs, hybrid working, sanctions and mental health are top of the agenda. Meanwhile, Google has opened its new campus in California and the Heatherwick designed space which appears like a big shiny facetted rock is run on electricity powered by a solar skin roof. Google that.

Happy weekends all.
Best wishes from me and the KTW Family,
Katy
The Wick - Color Matter Acid from Paperwork by Off-White

Objects of Desire

Color Matter Acid from Paperwork by Off-White

The Wick - Katy Wickremesinghe by Shaun James Cox
Monday Muse

Interview Katy Wickremesinghe, The Wick Founder

The Wick - Livia Spinolo
Spotlight

Feature Artist Livia Spinolo

The Wick - LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 21: (L to R) Dylan Jones, Tinie Tempah, Philip Colbert and Nima Sagharchi, Head of Digital Art, Bonhams, attend the launch of “The Lobstars (Genesis)” at Bonhams After Hours with a panel talk featuring British artist Philip Colbert, chart-topping musician and NFT collector Tinie Tempah, editor and author Dylan Jones and Bonhams Head of Digital Art at Bonhams Nima Sagharchi at Bonhams on March 21, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Philip Colbert)

Happenings Diving Deep with Lobstars at Bonhams After Hours

Happenings
The Wick - LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: (L to R) Mei Hui Liu, Fashion designer Edeline Lee, Maryam Eisler and Lady Alison Myners attend the launch of Oscar-winning artist Tim Yip’s groundbreaking new art film LOVE INFINITY on MUBI, featuring some of the most iconic and diverse living artists and creatives of our time, at the National Gallery on March 24, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Tim Yip)

Happenings “Love Infinity” Screening and In Conversation at The National Gallery

Happenings
THE WICK LIST
The Wick - Henry Moore, Upright Motives 1955c

Viewing Henry Moore, Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Get yourself to Hauser & Wirth Somerset to see the new exhibition of works by Henry Moore, curated by Hannah Higham of the Henry Moore Foundation in collaboration with the artist’s daughter, Mary Moore.

The Wick - RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022

Doing RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Central to this year’s showcase are bees and other pollinators, with many gardens demonstrating how to attract and protect them. Among the pollinator-focused gardens is the Royal Horticultural Society and BBC flagship garden designed by presenter Joe Swift.

The Wick - General View, Hay Sign

Doing Hay Festival

Returning for its first live event since 2019, Hay Festival brings together some of the greatest voices, authors and minds of our times.

“Arts and culture are the unequivocal point of human connection.”

Katy Wickremesignhe

This week we meet with Champion Sophie Singh, director at Art Academy London (AAL), an innovative art school in Southwark that strives to make quality arts education accessible to all. Sophie chose to champion Livia Spinolo, recent AAL graduate whose work “managed that rare thing of making simple forms radiate with emotion. Not only did she create a relationship with our gallery spaces through site-specific work, but for me the work captured the feeling of a very specific and unprecedented time.” With a new public art commission launching in July, and planned exhibitions with the recently formed artist-led peer group, Space Collective, we won’t have to wait long to see Livia’s next project. @liviaspinolo.art @sophiepos @artacademylondon @spacecollective_fineart
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The Future of British Luxury and Creativity. What form will it take? Entrepeneur, activist and founder of WhatWeSee Misan Harriman gave a compelling interview at yesterday’s prestigious Walpole British Luxury Summit 2022 – in conversation with the Founder of The Wick, Katy Wickremesinghe. The pair discussed Harriman’s iconic British Vogue Cover, the iconic widely shared Civil Rights images of 2020 Black Lives Matter and what diversity in luxury really means. The conversation explored Harriman’s curatorial role with Tezos, being the biggest collector of African NFT artists, his role as Chair of Southbank and the new media and collecting space enabling democratisation in the art space. @walpole_uk @walpoleceo @charkeesing @misanharriman @misskatywick #BritishLuxury #WalpoleSummit #LeadersinLuxury #LifeMeetsArt #ConnectWithCulture #TheWickIsLit #MisanHarriman #HelenBrocklebank
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In honour of the opening of this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, ‘discover’ a painterly photograph of roses from Photo London’s ‘Master of Photography 2022’, Nick Knight OBE. This critically acclaimed series ‘Roses from my Garden’ is inspired by the work of 16th and 17th century still life painters like Jan Brueghel the Elder and Jan Van Huysum, and were shot in his garden using his iPhone and only natural daylight to illuminate them. To green fingered friends , head to The Wick to read more about his process. @nickknight @rhschelsea #chelseaflowershow #roses @photolondonfair #masterofphotography
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Our Monday Muse this week - and on her birthday - is none other than our founder and fearless leader, British-Sri Lankan entrepreneur Katy Wickremesinghe. Katy founded her strategic communications agency, KTW, in 2014, following a decade at global PR agency freuds – where she rose the ranks to become the head of luxury and lifestyle. A passionate cultural patron and advocate, she followed up with this content platform, The Wick, in 2021, to create a bridge between business, the creative industries and art world. Katy regularly moderates industry talks and panels, is the youngest ever trustee of Dulwich Picture Gallery, board advisor for The Line, London’s first dedicated public art walk, a mentor for the Association of Women in the Arts, and has been named in the top 10 Luxury Leaders PR Week Powerbook List for the past three years. Who better to mark the big day than Katy herself, head to The Wick for full interview. @misskatywick @thewickculture @ktwlondon @insidefreuds #prweekpowerbook @dulwichgallery @thelinelondon @awitalondon #communicaitons #PR #birthday #srilanka #london 📸 @shaunjamescox @marfastance
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