Art in Mayfair is back for a seventh edition, showcasing four weeks of art, fashion and culture across the destination. From art flags, pop-up exhibitions, showcases, walks, talks and events from Bond Street and Savile Row to Mount Street from 10 June to 7 July 2024. Art in Mayfair's podcast series hosted by art critic Maeve Doyle, delves into the minds of the artists taking part and uncovers some of the hidden stories behind the works. Tune in to find out how London's art and fashion scenes ...
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In today's episode, Maeve speaks to multi-disciplinary artist Hormazd Nariewalla. This is an invigorating conversation that takes place at the home of the permanent collection of his work, JP Hackett on Savile Row. Born in India, Nariewalla's work is a mix of collage, print-making and sculpture which originate on the surfaces of antique, vintage, a…
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Today, Maeve speaks to sculptor Pieter Obels. Despite working with Corten steel, Pieter's work seem light and gravity defying. His contribution to this year's Sculpture Trail, titled 'How Soon Is Now' and presented by Opera Gallery, barely seems to touch the ground while it's striking orange hues are set perfectly against the green backdrop of Berk…
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The Art in Mayfair podcast returns for 2024 and in this episode Maeve Doyle speaks to Gavin Turk. Gavin’s sculpture, Figure - a two meter recreation of a rusty nail made of bronze - can be found on this year’s trail, pinned into the pavement on the corner of New Bond Street. In this conversation, Gavin talks us through the nostalgia embedded in Fig…
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In this episode of Art In Mayfair 2023, host Maeve Doyle speaks to self-taught artist and sculptor, and renowned modern furniture maker, Johnny Hawkes. Johnny’s piece, Sphelix is part of the Mayfair Sculpture Trail and is outside Fenwick’s. At the start of 2023, Hawkes began developing his sculpture “SPHELIX” on a monumental scale which he says is …
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In this episode host Maeve Doyle speaks to Dario Vargas. Dario is a Colombian-born contemporary fine artist whose work is currently on show in the Luxury Italian menswear brand, Canali, New Bond Street Dario’s work draws influence from the Renaissance and Baroque periods to cast a connection with our behaviour and psychology in the modern world. We…
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In the first episode of Art In Mayfair 2023, host Maeve Doyle speaks to artist Bob & Roberta Smith RA - the artist behind this year's flags which is bringing a colourful splash to the streets around the Royal Academy. He discusses the project, A Puzzle 4U, which plays with letter patterns and the construction of words and sentences. Bob also shares…
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Art in Mayfair is back for a sixth edition, showcasing four weeks of art, fashion and culture across the destination. From art flags, pop-up exhibitions, showcases, walks, talks and events from Bond Street and Savile Row to Mount Street from 12 June to 9 July. Art in Mayfair's podcast series hosted by art critic Maeve Doyle, delves into the minds o…
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“Ground control to Major Tom, commencing countdown engines on, detach from station and may God's love be with you” - both film director Nick Roeg’s cult classic ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ and many of David Bowies lyrics emote a similar reaction to that of Breuer-Weil’s most powerful works, ‘Visitor I’ and ‘Visitor V’ recently installed in Berkeley…
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Another episode of Art in Mayfair hosted by art critic, Maeve Doyle. Maeve says: "I started the episode by asking David “how he was” and the conversation flowed effortlessly from that point. The otherworldly artist and 1982 graduate of the Slade School of Art was present at and bore witness to 40 years on the London art scene. Begbie’s cultural ref…
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Maeve says, "I met with Rhys Coren in the new Medici Courtyard on a Monday morning to talk about ‘Everyone I’ve Ever Known’ - a 30 ft mural that took over three years to complete. The conversation started with Plymouth, his birthplace, and his time at art school, the several attempts to get into the esteemed RA program and his eventual acceptance a…
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Almost a year to the day since his ‘Dreaming of Identity’ show opened at the JD Malat Gallery, Kojo released his sculpture ‘Treasure of the Heart’ as part of Mayfair Sculpture Trail. In this episode we talk about his influences, growing up in Ghana and on moving to the "university that is London", new figuration and how his career changed when he e…
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Katie Thomas is the founder of ‘Art in Mayfair’ now in its fifth year. In conversation she takes us back to the beginning, discussing the how’s and why’s that bought together the convergent worlds of Mayfair’s leading fashion and jewellery brands. This paired with the areas independent galleries who joined the Royal Academy to celebrate the charact…
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