About

Art Consultancy 

CLOSE is an art consultancy which works with artists, businesses and individuals, creating outstanding curatorial work for exhibitions, while underpinning cultural strategies, developments and programming.

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CLOSE believes that creativity has a positive and lasting effect on our lives. Contact us to discuss your ideas or develop a way forward.

Work by Magnus Hammick at Close House

Freeny Yianni

Contemporary Art Space

Close House is a private showing space which houses an eclectic collection of art, and hosts art exhibitions and inspiring events. Contact us to learn more.

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Collaborators

foundations 

Prada Foundation

Isaac Newton Foundations
Dakis Ioannou Foundations
                            

education

Tavistock Hospital

Camberwell School of Art

Chelsea Space
Goldsmiths College
Winchester School of Art
Horrible Histories            

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associated artists

Barry Cawston
Grenville Davey
Chuck Elliott
Magnus Hammick
Marielle Phillips
Shizico Yi

Jack Tierney

Carl Middleton
Paul Newman
Anna Mossman

Jane Harris

Katherine Perrins

sponsorship

The Secret of Change

Hayward Gallery
The Brewhouse Theatre
Playing for Change
        

galleries

Lisson Gallery London
Newport Street Gallery
David Zwirner Gallery
Saatchi Gallery

artists projects

Anish Kapoor
Richard Deacon
Damien Hirst
Tony Oursler
Richard Wentworth
Jason Martin
Peter Davis
Diana Thater

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awards 

Royal Society of Arts
Design Awards - 1999 
Innovative design

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charity

Playing for Change 

TAH 

Mind-Up

Tracey Emin

Douglas Gordon

Simon Patterson

Liam Gillick

Sam Taylor Johnson

Christian Boltanski

Cindy Sherman

Dan Graham

Photograph by Barry Cawston taken at Banksy's Dismaland

Grenville Davey's collaboration with
the Isaac Newton Foundation

collaborations

​FARM Group
Conran

Kelly Hoppen

Claudio Silvestrin

British Ceramic Tiles

Porcelanosa

Farrow & Ball

Smeg

Glaverbel

Pilkingtons

AGC

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architecture

Conran Associates
RIBA

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music media

AEG live

MTV

BBC

IMG

Mahogany Sessions

Ibiza Rocks

Pasha

Amnesia

Who We Are

CLOSE is run by a dedicated team including the Creative Director Freeny Yianni RSA and Assistant to Creative Director Sarah Watney. 

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Freeny is a trustee of Somerset Art Works.

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Opening of Jack Tierney's The Dancing Plague