Hauser and Wirth has a beautiful exhibition of late work by Louise Bourgeois – very free, fluid and organic etchings, done at the end of her life, which look wonderful in the empty space of the galleries. We particularly liked a bronze half statuette combined with vegetal top:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
This has made my day – and it needed making
Next time you are in this neck of the woods you should call in at Messums in Tisbury if you haven’t been there – it is set in a beautiful Tithe Barn. Are the gardens at Hauser & Wirth standing up to the winter weather?
Best wishes for the festive season. I am not looking at emails or turning on my computer from Christmas Day to 2 Jan so will not see your blog if you write during this time.