Not everybody thinks large is finest. For 50 years, Flowers Gallery in London has invited artists to point out little artistic endeavors. “Established in 1974 at Flowers Gallery, Small is Lovely (till 4 January) invitations chosen modern artists from numerous disciplines to showcase works with a hard and fast financial system of scale, every bit measuring not more than seven x 9 inches,” says a press release. Artists who’ve taken on the “tiny” problem this yr—and there are greater than 100 of them— embrace Maggi Hambling, Cody Cobb, Stuart Pearson Wright, Julie Cockburn and Charlotte Colbert. Some items have already been snapped up together with Hambling’s Wave & Rising Moon (2024) however some works can be found, making a perfect Christmas reward for an arty relative. Items nonetheless on the market embrace Flats with Graffiti, 2024 (£1,850), a head-turning portray of interior metropolis housing by David Hepher. A number of high-profile figures turned up for the launch earlier this week such because the actor David Thewlis and the style designer Zandra Rhodes, displaying that minuscule artwork actually does have pulling energy.
