Allbright opens Mayfair club with all-female art on the walls
Woman-only member's club Allbright has opened a venue in London's Mayfair with work exclusively by female artists across its five floors.
The townhouse on Maddox Street is the second outpost of the club. The interior design was completed by Suzy Hoodless, with art chosen by curator Beth Greenacre.
Greenacre chose over 120 works work by more than 80 female artists, spanning 60 years of making.
"It goes without saying that it's only female artists. It's an interesting proposition thinking about female artists and content for a female audience," said Greenacre.
"I gave myself the brief of the female figure and artists who have explored the female figure through history," she told Dezeen.
Work on show ranges from acclaimed midcentury photographer Diane Arbus, whose 1961 photograph Headless Woman hangs on the third floor, through to contemporary working artists such as Alexi Marshall, who graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art last year. "It's really important to give them a platform and to give them an audience and to hang them next to art historical stars," explained Greenacre.
Greenacre sat down with interior designer Hoodless at an early stage to "understand the aesthetic that Suzy's working towards and her vision" for the space.
Together they looked at colours, patterns and materials to ensure that the art responded to the overall design.
The brief given to Hoodless by the founders of Allbright was to create an interior that ...
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