It is a show about human contact, at a time when we still are not allowed much of this. So I came up with 'Medieval Faces' as a way of restarting our engagement with the objects we love even if it has to be at a distance. Matthew Reeves at Sam Fogg, says: "At the gallery we spend pretty much every waking moment of our days thinking about art and enjoying the succour it gives us - a very privileged position to be in! But our sacrifice has been that we are cut off from the objects that mark our days and the museums and galleries that house and look after them. German sculptor The Head of John the Baptist c.
It meant that some changed their planned exhibitions, with faces of our fellow beings becoming a focal point. The Covid-19 crisis has certainly influenced the art trade - dealers and auction house specialists have been separated from the works they may originally have wanted to include in London Art Week, while spending far more time at home than usual, living in isolation away from their galleries and unable to visit museums (which many dealers do a great deal of).
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Lastly, we ask them to share their all-time favourite portrait in a museum. Why do they value portraits so highly? And why is portraiture as important as ever? Here we highlight many interesting portraits included in LAW Digital 2020, and our dealers share some discovery stories from their career. It is perhaps no surprise in the current times that many of this summer's London Art Week participants have chosen to include portraits in their exhibition or theme their presentation to focus on the human face and form.
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