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Going with the Flo
“I was once asked, “How do you know you are living?” and I said, “I create so I know I am living”.’ Florence Broadhurst Australian Home Journal, 1968 In 1977, Florence Broadhurst’s whirlwind life of eccentricity and design was brought to an abrupt end when she was brutally bludgeoned to death in her Sydney…
Beni Boy
You might think it is the stunning Arabia ceramics, the Finn Juhl chairs, the Poul Henningsen lights and Arne Vodder sideboards that keeps us doing our shows after fifteen years. It is also the dealers. An interesting bunch of people they have all come to Midcentury Modern® from different walks of life. One such dealer,…
The Coutu Effect
Having worked with the late great British artist Jack Coutu for many years Emma Mason, an expert on print, joins Modern Shows® at Midcentury Modern® at The Hepworth Wakefield with some rare pieces of his for sale on June 29th and 30th. Jack Coutu Spatial Growth – Etching and Aquatint 1962 Specialising in…
Newbies at Midcentury East
This May we will be introducing some of the most iconic and sought after work from The School of Polish Posters. Look for CYRK (aka Circus) posters on Projekt 26’s stand. The first CRYK poster from 1962 was part of the Communist government’s drive to modernise the image of Poland’s State Circus which soon became…
The Modern House staging
One of the really satisfying bits of working with midcentury dealers and modern designers is that we are often first in line to borrow, beg or buy at a discount from these already underpaid, overworked and yet still eternally effervescent people. Recognising our fortunate first in line status, that clever lot at The Modern House…
Haladuvo palace Hotel, Croatia
“I believe in my own obsessions, in the beauty of the car crash, in the peace of the submerged forest, in the excitements of the deserted holiday beach, in the elegance of automobile graveyards, in the mystery of multi-storey car parks, in the poetry of abandoned hotels.” JG Ballard At the end of the 1990s…
Get the latest Midmod lowdown
We are back at Midcentury Modern® on March 10 2019 with some exciting new names in both vintage and modern design as well as our fabulous regulars. Make a day of it with friends and get discounted tickets to this show that’s hosts 60 plus dealers and 25 designers. With plenty of parking and vintage van…
Modern Makers at MM
We always get really excited when our November show comes around as it is always the most popular with contemporary designers getting busy with it before clocking off for Christmas. To add to our usual Midcentury master dealers we have a host of incredible contemporaries. One designer we are proud to introduce you to is Jo…
Stand Out Ceramics
Petra and I love going to auctions. We have a couple of pieces in the 20th Century Decorative Arts & Design sale at Chiswick Auctions taking place on Tuesday 9th October at 11am so we are doubly excited to see how they do. To add to our Scandinavian offering, which we will bring to light at the…
Our Goldfinger Show
Buy tickets now for this outstanding show for collectors and public alike. To find out more head to the main Modern Shows website where you will find a directory of the high standard we expect from dealers and the huge range of prices of collectables and lower cost pieces or buy tickets. Make a day…