Viewing Second Lives at Fitzrovia

Many famous and leading artists have fascinating pasts – and many, due to life circumstances or otherwise, only set upon their creative career later in life. A new group exhibition, running to 24th November at 14 Percy Street, considers the impact, implication and inspiration behind starting a so-called second life in art.

The exhibition brings together painting, sculpture, photography and installation – more than fifty works are presented in all – by ten artists, all of them shaped significantly by their life experiences and precious careers.

They include Lucille Lewin, founder of Whistles and former Creative Director of Liberty, now creating abstracted sculptural forms; Nicole Farhi, whose celebrated fashion career has evolved into evocative bronze and plaster sculptures; and former The Long Blondes lead singer, Kate Jackson.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s in conversation event between Maryam Eisler and Carrie Scott, and an opportunity to deliver deeper into the journeys and practices of Farhi, Lewin, in a panel discussion lead by critic Hettie Judah on Friday.