EDITOR’S LETTER

Welcome to The Wick

— Katy Wickremesinghe
Dear All,

A weekend missive from me. I feel for you! Chaka Khan the 73-year-old artist is performing as the headline act at Pride in London on Saturday 5 July for its 53rd year with a stellar line-up of artists performing across six performance areas around Central London.

In Paris, the Louvre has launched Nouvelle Renaissance, organised by France’s Ministry of Culture, inviting architects to draw up proposals to transform the Perrault Colonnade into a landmark new entrance for the Louvre, which contains the Mona Lisa and suffers from severe overcrowding. The museum receives nine million visitors a year.

On a cosier scale, head down to the Summer Fete, Somerset, Hauser & Wirth on 12 July. Take in the Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely double act show Myths and Machines, and a flurry of booths, artisan food stands, and games galore. Whilst you are there, why not pop into CLOSE Gallery to see the retrospective exhibition of the late British contemporary artist, Jane Harris, The Fugitives which opens in Somerset today.

Wishing you a glorious weekend from KTW & The Wick family.

All my best,
Katy
The Wick Culture - Courtship: For the Love of Tennis by Laura Bailey and Mark Arrigo

Objects of Desire

Courtship: For the Love of Tennis by Laura Bailey and Mark Arrigo

The Wick Culture - Eileen Cooper
Monday Muse

Interview: Artist Eileen Cooper OBE RA

The Wick Culture - Zinzi Minott. Photography by Kofi Paintsil
Spotlight

Spotlight Zinzi Minott

The Wick Culture - The Wick x Ancient India: living traditions
Video Interviews

Interview The Wick x Ancient India: living traditions

Visual Arts
The Wick Culture - Gallery view of the 2025 Summer Exhibition
Photo: © David Parry/ Royal Academy of Arts

Happenings RA Summer Party

Happenings
The Wick Culture - Maggi Hambling, Summer Wave breaking II, 2025. Image courtesy of Wolterton Hall and the artist

Viewing Maggi Hambling and Ro Robertson: Sea State at Wolterton Hall

Exhibition at Wolterton Hall featuring Maggi Hambling and Ro Robertson titled ‘Sea State’

The Wick Culture - Jane Harris, Aloof, 2020, Oil on Aluminium, 80 x 100cm. Image courtesy of the artist estate and CLOSE gallery.

Viewing, Jane Harris at CLOSE Gallery

Exhibition Jane Harris: The Fugitives at CLOSE Gallery

The Wick Culture - Maryam Eisler ‘Keep The Lonely Places Lonely’ Signage, Lobo, TX

Viewing The New American West: Photography in Conversation at Pierre Yovanovitch Mobilier New York

The New American West: Photography in Conversation at Pierre Yovanovitch Mobilier New York

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