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The Little Shop, Bristol (2026)

05/03/2022

A R T I S T ✨ S P O T L I G H T
Introducing Brighton based artist and one half of

✨If you could mastermind a heist on any gallery, at any time, where would it be, what would you pinch and why?

Mine is a double heist please...firstly nipping ahead to the upcoming Lucian Freud exhibition in October at the National Gallery. Freud is where it started for me - at school I meticulously copied his portraits to learn oil painting technique. I’d like “Interior with Plant, Reflection Listening,” the early pencil sketch ‘Cacti and Stuffed bird,” and “Portrait of David Hockney” - a face I’d never tire of.

Stage 2 of the heist I’d flip back in time to the Richard Diebenkorn exhibition of 2015 at the RA and pick up “Ocean park no. 116” painted in 1979. It is a painting that moved me to tears for it’s colour, composition and restraint.

✨If the world's greatest artists were on tinder, who would you match with and why?

1) A date with Jennifer Packer whose work I love. We could paint together in New York and discuss how and why a title is a title: ‘The eye is not satisfied with seeing.’
2) Mateus Bailon. A personal tour of street art around his home town of Sao Paolo.
3) A cup of tea with Brian Wildsmith. A wonderful man lost recently. His psychedelic children’s illustrations are second to none. I try to channel a tiny bit of Wildsmith into everything.

✨You've been nominated for the Turner Prize, it's the night before submission, you have absolutely nothing - who do you collaborate with (can be anyone!) and why?

1) First up is Georgia O’Keefe. Say no more.
2) For some written word woven into our submission - the late, great and no nonsense Joan Didion.
3) And lastly, it’s got to be my great creative collaborator for a woman who would ensure we had a laugh as the night wore on - Miss Mary West.

We loved catching up with Clare, thanks for tuning in. Have a great weekend 🤩

12/02/2022

A R T I S T ✨ S P O T L I G H T
Excited for this weeks interview, we had the pleasure of catching up with Bristol based artist

✨If you could mastermind a heist on any gallery, at any time, where would it be, what would you pinch and why?

I’m not a fan of the idea of stealing anyone’s work, however, I wouldn't mind having Damien Hirst’s £50million diamond-encrusted human skull For The Love of God and do some serious wealth redistribution in the art world, or maybe start my own gallery with it…and maybe get myself a fancy new studio with a couple of them?

✨If the worlds greatest artists were on tinder, who would you match with and why?

This is such a hard question, I don’t really feel like any artist that springs to mind screams ideal romantic partner - I think a lot of “great” artists might have a few emotional issues?!! I’m going to be extremely dull and say Tim Gresham (Penfold), as he’s my boyfriend anyway!

✨You've been nominated for the Turner Prize, it's the night before submission, you have absolutely nothing - who do you collaborate with (can be anyone!) and why?

I’d collaborate with someone like Claudette Johnson and make some huge, giant drawings together - drawing is SO underrepresented at gallery level in my opinion, and it would be nice to get drawing into the Prize…and a few more women into the winners. Otherwise maybe Cindy Sherman - dressing up as all those characters would be EXTREMELY fun even if we didn’t win.

We hope you enjoyed this week’s interview, see you next Saturday!!

05/02/2022

A R T I S T ✨ S P O T L I G H T
Introducing An artist we've admired for a looooong time. Ruth creates works big and small and also tinsy tiny. It's been a pleasure catching up with her......

✨If you could mastermind a heist on any gallery, at any time, where would it be, what would you pinch and why?

This is quite tricky, as there's so much art I would love in my house, so I've decided to go back to the Tate Modern when this slides were installed by Carsten Höller. I was gutted I never got to go on them and this way I could have slides all around my house. 😆

✨If the worlds greatest artists were on tinder, who would you match with and why?

I'd choose Lindsey Mendick, she's my art hero and also seems like a lot of fun to be around. We could go look at art, have dinner and drinks and end the night with karaoke. Or Lee Miller, I would love to hear more about all her adventures.

✨You've been nominated for the Turner Prize, it's the night before submission, you have absolutely nothing - who do you collaborate with (can be anyone!) and why?

I would call on the expert skills of Rotting Dean Bazaar and Annie Collinge to collaborate with because they always have such brilliant ideas and the work always makes me smile.

Thanks Ruth, we loved hearing your answers. Have a great weekend lovelies 🥰

24/01/2022

A R T I S T ✨ S P O T L I G H T
Introducing contemporary abstract artist

✨If you could mastermind a heist on any gallery, at any time, where would it be, what would you pinch and why?
It would definitely be the Musee D'Orsay in Paris (because the Warhol retrospective at the Pompidou was a temporary exhibition). The D'Orsay was one of the galleries I visited on a trip with my Foundation course mates in 1990, and the experience of the space and so many of the paintings.

Monet's 'The Magpie' - a quiet, luminous painting that you can almost hear when you look at it - it started my love of paintings of snow, and suggested to me that not all depictions of animals were naff! I really didn't think I'd have any interest in the impressionists before I actually stood in front of them, and the Monet collection would also have to go in my swagbag. Not sure how I would get Pompon's sculpture, 'Our Blanc' (Polar Bear) through the escape hatch, but I'd give it a try.

✨If the world's greatest artists were on tinder, who would you match with and why?
Oh my... every answer to this question flatters me, but I'm going to go big and say:
1. Jackson Po***ck - cause things would get colourfully, freely, artistically, spiritually and probably alcoholically messy
2. Lola Donaghue - so I could fangirl her in person, see her beautiful paintings up close, check out her crazy wardrobe, have a great chat and a pint, and visit my family in Galway, and my mum in Tipperary while I was at it.
3. Carlo Scarpa, the Italian modernist architect who to my mind was a great artist in his work, for the soothing lines and airy spaces and uncomfortable looking furniture. I suspect he also liked, as I do, a nice crisp Italian white.

✨You've been nominated for the Turner Prize, it's the night before submission, you have absolutely nothing - who do you collaborate with (can be anyone!) and why?
Fantastic question... hmmm. I'm going to go with Scottish photographer, Phoebe Grigor. She has the most extraordinary eye, a big view, a magical perspective, a thousand ideas a minute and works most joyfully and wildly under extreme pressure! https://www.phoebegrigor.com/

30/11/2021

Roll up roll up! There's a new show in town 🎠 We're super excited to be back at the Little Mustard Shop for our annual Christmas Pop Up✨ Join us for the Private View this Friday 7-9pm. Expect an eclectic mix of art and design, handmade, handcrafted plus lots of children's books. This is your sneaky peak, first chance to buy (stock is super limited, only a few pieces of each). Swipe left for a little teaser. If you can't make it on Friday, no worries.....

The shop will be open every weekend in December 10-5pm. Come say hello!

20/11/2021

A R T I S T ✨ S P O T L I G H T
This week we caught up with visual artist and animator extraordinaire

✨If you could mastermind a heist on any gallery, at any time, where would it be, what would you pinch and why?

The first piece that comes to mind that I would love to be able to look at daily is Calder’s Mercury Fountain from the Miró Foundation. I am fascinated by fountains and water in general but seeing the mercury flow in place of water is so otherworldly and calming, although the context from which the piece originated is less than peaceful. I admire the simplicity with which beauty and danger were juxtaposed there. Bearing in mind that mercury is highly toxic though it would have to be some very well planned heist. If not that, any of Alexander Calder’s mobiles would do.

✨If the world's greatest artists were on tinder, who would you match with and why?

Oh, to date? Not sure I’d like to date an artist, but I would have loved to have dinner with Helen Frankenthaler and talk about the importance of beauty in art.

✨You've been nominated for the Turner Prize, it's the night before submission, you have absolutely nothing - who do you collaborate with (can be anyone!) and why?

It will have to be someone I trust fully if we only have 24 hours. A close friend from the small creative circle I have found from living between London, Barcelona and Sofia, anyone who is available at such short notice to pull me out of being such an irresponsible nominee. Probably Mirthe Blussé, Dessy Baeva or Ciara Quilty-Harper.

Thanks we loved hearing your answers. And also, big shouts to .nasierowski for the portrait of Roz 🖤🤍🖤🤍

Have a great weekend y'all and see you next Saturday for the next instalment of our 'Artist Spotlight' ✨

13/11/2021

A R T I S T ✨ S P O T L I G H T
Todays interview is with artist and illustrator Our format is simple; 3 questions, then if you like what you see - follow the artist and explore some more...

✨If you could mastermind a heist on any gallery, at any time, where would it be, what would you pinch and why?

I'd take the Cholmondeley ladies from the Tate, please. And on the way out I'd grab some smaller bits from the Tate archive, some sketches by Bonnard and Dora Carrington's Illustrated letters. Perhaps a small Turner watercolour if I have time.

✨If the worlds greatest artists were on tinder, who would you match with and why?

Hands down the best looking artist of all time has to be Duncan Grant. Impossibly handsome. And, according to his biography pretty fun to spend time with too. So hopefully we'd match. I've also always thought that Hundertwasser would have been a very exciting boyfriend, and we could live in one of his bonkers buildings together. He wore his own homemade shoes, too, and that's an attractive quality.

✨You've been nominated for the Turner Prize, it's the night before submission, you have absolutely nothing - who do you collaborate with (can be anyone!) and why?

Agnes Varda! Her films are tragic and hilarious and complicated and simple. Without putting herself too much in the centre shares her highly original way of thinking, making exciting connections between things. There's so much in her work to admire, and she would have been so much fun to spend time with. I'm so thankful that I had the chance to see her talk about some of her films before she sadly died. I should have taken the chance then to stand up in the audience and shout out to ask if she'd like to do a project with me.

Thanks for listening, thanks for supporting. This is only the third instalment of our newly launched weekly artist interviews. Have a lovely weekend and tune in next Saturday ✌🏼

06/11/2021

A R T I S T ✨ S P O T L I G H T
The second instalment of our newly launched interview series 👈🏼 Next up, installation artist

✨If you could mastermind a heist on any gallery, at any time, where would it be, what would you pinch and why?

If I could go back to 2019 to the Tate modern during the 'in real-life exhibition'. I would steal every single one of Olafur Eliasson's works because I just didn't want to leave his world.
I could have lived there happily forever. His works are so seductive and mesmerising. They leave me in a trance like state.
If I was surrounded by them all the time, I could live a calm and relaxed life always and forever.

✨If the worlds greatest artists were on tinder, who would you match with and why?

I'd be swiping right hoping to match with Marina Abramovic. She could take me to MOMA and we could just sit in silence.

✨You've been nominated for the Turner Prize, it's the night before submission, you have absolutely nothing - who do you collaborate with (can be anyone!) and why?

My nephew Beau. He's three and three quarters.
I love the innocence of his creativity. He doesn't hold back and he stands by every decision he makes.
He also thinks everything he creates is excellent and I think you'd need that kind of self-confidence in this situation.

Thanks for reading and supporting. Interviews drop on Saturday mornings. Have a great weekend 😎

30/10/2021

A R T I S T ✨ S P O T L I G H T - Excited to launch our brand new feature with artist, maker and designer

The format is simple; 3 questions, then if you like what see - follow the artists and explore some more.

✨If you could mastermind a heist on any gallery, at any time, where would it be, what would you pinch and why?

I’d love one of Barbara Hepworth sculptures, although I also love her home in st Ives, so maybe I could just move in?

✨If the worlds greatest artists were on tinder, who would you match with and why?

Definitely Henri Matisse, we could just hang out painting… and eating french food, it could be a great life.

✨You've been nominated for the Turner Prize, it's the night before submission, you have absolutely nothing - who do you collaborate with (can be anyone!) and why?

I’d like to collaborate with my dad, he was a ceramicist, we used to make pots together sometimes but he passed away when I was 18, I’d love him to make pots and I could decorate them.
In the 70’s and 80’s my mum and dad would do this, he would do the making and she would help decorate them calving out patterns and landscapes.

Thanks that's set the pace nicely.

Thanks for listening, thanks for supporting. Stay tuned, our next spotlight instalment drops next Saturday 💘

29/10/2021

A R T I S T ✨ S P O T L I G H T

Something new.

In case you didn't know us before - we used to be The Little Shop in Bristol.

We celebrate and support independent artists from all over. From our magic little space in Bristol we nurtured and cherished creatives for 6 beautiful years.

Now eager to revive our page after a couple of years of posting bits and bobs - we're excited to launch a brand new weekly artist interview.

We are doing it different. The format is simple; 3 questions, then if you like what see - follow the artist and explore some more.

We hope you enjoy the new edition to The Little Shop.

Artist Spotlight - LAUNCHING TOMORROW!!

04/10/2021

Join us this December for our Christmas pop up shop in Brighton🎄Expect a carefully curated, wonderfully eclectic mix of art and design from some of the best! Plus a special selection of children's books📚

Over the past two years We’ve been putting together a shortlist of favourite children's stories, magical authors and illustrators we adore. Super excited to share all this with you ✨🌝✨

We'll be open every weekend in December (10-5pm) plus a PV launch evening 'first chance to buy' with music and drinks on Friday 3rd Dec 👈🏼 Save the date ~ More details to follow 🍸🍸🍸

16/06/2021

In love with this stunning Goddess design by These beauties are also available as limited prints, swit swOo 🥰

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