Holden Richards

Gallery grunge

I’m lucky enough to know not one, not two, but three people who own their own art galleries. OK, most of them are about the size of a broom cupboard and located in arty parts of town like Elephant and Castle and Vauxhall, but from little acorns and all that. Besides, whenever they have openings I get an invite to the “free bar” parties; and a free bar is great no matter where in London you find it. Most of the time the attendees are people like me; young-ish with a passionate interest in the arts, but not much spare cash to throw in the direction of a struggling artist or a struggling gallery owner.

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