Somerset House presents Pick Me Up, the first contemporary graphic art fair in the UK. The fair will bring together the most exciting graphic artists working today, giving you the opportunity to buy limited edition, affordable graphic art, illustration and design.

The fair will be presented alongside a lively programme of events and performances including an open studio from legendary paper artist Rob Ryan and a pop-up print workshop from Print Club London.

Pick Me Up runs from 23rd April - 3rd May for more info CLICK HERE

London’s Somerset House is planning to hold an annual graphic design selling exhibition from next year, in an attempt to bring the discipline to a wider audience.

The Pick Me Up: Contemporary Graphic Art Fair will include an exhibition of the work of 25 international graphic designers and illustrators. Somerset House will commission each illustrator to create an ‘affordable’ limited-edition print for the show, possibly priced at about £300. It is whittling down a longlist of about 50 designers, roughly half of whom are UK-based.

The name Pick Me Up is intended to communicate that the event will be ‘incredibly lively, fun and celebratory, but it also refers to people being able to take the work home with them’, says Catterall.
Art and design collectives and galleries Print Club London, Peep Show, No Brow and Concrete Hermit are being invited to participate in an ‘alternative trade fair’, where they will be able to exhibit and sell their work.

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