EDITOR’S LETTER
Welcome to The Wick
Dear All,
The end of an epic art world week with a standout summer party from the Royal Academy dominating column inches. What’s not to love when you see 1500 works from established and emerging artists and get to check them out alongside party goers Paloma Faith and Helena Bonham Carter. We had a chance to tour the prestigious summer exhibition with curator Farshid Moussavi RA OBE – watch our film on The Wick Happenings.
It’s Father’s Day this Sunday – why not reverse roles and take him to Sir Peter Cook’s Lego Play Pavilion at The Serpentine? It really is fun for all the family. The hunt is also on for the ideal Ascot hat, and we are stopping by Maison Michel on Conduit Street and Stephen Jones in Covent Garden. The Chanel-owned milliner makes the best straw hats, including Coco Chanel’s favourite boater, while Jones’ characteristic wit and artistry will always beguile trackside. For those looking for a show stopping dose of carnival meets punk why not check out Victoria Grant.
At the Turbine Hall, find the newly unveiled AIDS Memorial Quilt. Begun around 1989, this vast work consists of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels, which represent 384 individuals affected by HIV and AIDS. Laid out in a grid across the floor of the Turbine Hall, the moving installation echoes how it has previously been shown outdoors to raise awareness of the ongoing AIDS pandemic.
It’s a landmark year for the Women’s Prize, with Dutch debut novelist Yael van der Wouden winning the Fiction award for ‘The Safekeep,’ a haunting postwar tale of buried secrets and forbidden desire set in rural 1960s Netherlands. Meanwhile, doctor and writer Rachel Clarke took home the inaugural Non-Fiction prize for ‘The Story of a Heart,’ a powerful account of a child’s heart transplant that weaves together science, sorrow, and astonishing resilience. Congratulations to the Fairy Godmother of literature and leading author – Kate Mosse for bringing together 800 people in Bedford Square.
Enjoy the scorching weather on your curious travels.
All my best from the The Wick and KTW family,
Katy
The end of an epic art world week with a standout summer party from the Royal Academy dominating column inches. What’s not to love when you see 1500 works from established and emerging artists and get to check them out alongside party goers Paloma Faith and Helena Bonham Carter. We had a chance to tour the prestigious summer exhibition with curator Farshid Moussavi RA OBE – watch our film on The Wick Happenings.
It’s Father’s Day this Sunday – why not reverse roles and take him to Sir Peter Cook’s Lego Play Pavilion at The Serpentine? It really is fun for all the family. The hunt is also on for the ideal Ascot hat, and we are stopping by Maison Michel on Conduit Street and Stephen Jones in Covent Garden. The Chanel-owned milliner makes the best straw hats, including Coco Chanel’s favourite boater, while Jones’ characteristic wit and artistry will always beguile trackside. For those looking for a show stopping dose of carnival meets punk why not check out Victoria Grant.
At the Turbine Hall, find the newly unveiled AIDS Memorial Quilt. Begun around 1989, this vast work consists of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels, which represent 384 individuals affected by HIV and AIDS. Laid out in a grid across the floor of the Turbine Hall, the moving installation echoes how it has previously been shown outdoors to raise awareness of the ongoing AIDS pandemic.
It’s a landmark year for the Women’s Prize, with Dutch debut novelist Yael van der Wouden winning the Fiction award for ‘The Safekeep,’ a haunting postwar tale of buried secrets and forbidden desire set in rural 1960s Netherlands. Meanwhile, doctor and writer Rachel Clarke took home the inaugural Non-Fiction prize for ‘The Story of a Heart,’ a powerful account of a child’s heart transplant that weaves together science, sorrow, and astonishing resilience. Congratulations to the Fairy Godmother of literature and leading author – Kate Mosse for bringing together 800 people in Bedford Square.
Enjoy the scorching weather on your curious travels.
All my best from the The Wick and KTW family,
Katy
Objects of Desire
Boys Don’t Cry Print by Lindsay Perryman
Monday Muse
Interview: Art Basel in Basel Director, Maike Cruse
Spotlight
Spotlight Caroline Chinakwe
Video Interviews
Interview The Wick x Ancient India: living traditions
Visual Arts
Happenings RA Summer Party
Happenings
Viewing Nancy Cadogan: The Lost Trees at The Garden Museum
Exhibition Nancy Cadogan: The Lost Trees at The Garden Museum
Viewing Rachel Jones: Gated Canyons at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Exhibition Rachel Jones: Gated Canyons at Dulwich Picture Gallery
