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Doing Bond on Bond Street

Fans of Ian Fleming’s 007 should make haste to Sotheby’s in London, where a wide range of exciting Bond related items are currently installed across the galleries. Following the viewing exhibition, the 123 lots will be sold in an online auction celebrating 60 years since James Bond first hit the big screen.

Treasures up for grabs include a complete collection of Ian Fleming’s books, including four exceptional presentation copies from Fleming to his close friends, as well as first editions, proof copies and books signed by on screen Bonds including Roger Moore and George Lazenby. Also offered are early posters from the films, rare photographic stills from the sets, props, memorabilia and an Aston Martin DB5 presented for private treaty sale by RM Sotheby’s.

Whether you’re planning to bid in the sale or not, this is a rare chance to see the very best of Bondiana on the market. The exhibition is free, so get thee to Sotheby’s pronto.

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Dates
01 September 2022 — 07 September 2022

Viewing Banking on Banksy

The world’s most elusive artist gets a new exhibition at Red Eight Gallery, the first contemporary art gallery in the Square Mile. Located in The Royal Exchange, it champions established and emerging artists, including Boogie Moli, Adel Dauood and Lisa Thomson, and offers secondary market works by such celebrated names as Keith Haring, Harland Miller and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The gallery’s buzzy debut show, Banking on Banksy, presents some of Banksy’s most popular prints such as Girl with Balloon and Happy Choppers alongside one-off works and signed editions. Among the works up for grabs are Flower Thrower, No Ball Games and Christ with Shopping Bags. Prices start at a hefty £25,000, but happily you can visit for free.

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Dates
25 August 2022 — 15 September 2022

Doing The World Reimagined sculpture trail: Camden to Westminster

Few topics are as little discussed in Britain as its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The World Reimagined initiative hopes to change that through art. Currently installed across the country are over 100 globes, each bearing the response of an individual artist to the global impact of the transatlantic slave trade. The project aims to raise awareness around the past and create a future for racial justice.

The initiative’s newest art trail (Camden-Westminster) features eleven new sculptures and takes you from Mornington Crescent tube station to Westminster Abbey via Lincoln’s Inn Fields. The large globe sculptures en route are inspired by the project’s nine key themes, ranging from ‘Mother Africa’ to ‘The Reality of Being Enslaved’.

Highlights include Nicola Green’s The World in a Waterlily, Amazonica at Westminster Abbey, which explores the deep-rooted connection between racial justice and climate justice; and Uncertain Voyage by Nadia Akingbule on Neal Street, which explores the complexity of Britain’s relationship with Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean across the generations.

After the exhibition, the globes will be auctioned at Bonhams. Catch it while you can.

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Dates
13 August 2022 — 31 October 2022
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