Foreword by Lucy Mitchell-Innes. Text by Al Alvarez.

Piano Nobile is delighted to announce Leon Kossoff: A London Life, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by one of Britain's most acclaimed living artists, curated in partnership with Andrew Dempsey (curator and writer).

Supported by many previously unpublished statements by the artist and representing a lifetime's reflection, these works represent a unique view of the past from the vantage-point of the present, and an extended reflection on the essentials of art: drawing and color, composition and meaning.

"Leonor Fini (1907-1996) was one of the most extraordinary artists of the twentieth century. She never formally trained as an artist but drew from many influences, notably the Flemish Masters, Symbolism, and Surrealism. An independent and passionate woman who felt an instinctual hostility to the idea of being part of any artistic group or movement, she shared with her avant-garde circle a fervent belief in the power of desire for social and political subversion. This authoritative Catalogue Raisonné is as timely as it is crucial, bringing Fini's vast body of work to the public so that her immense talent may be discovered, researched, and enjoyed."--Publisher's description.

I am going to write every single day and tell you about my life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London... Drawing comparisons with Pepys, Mayhew and Dickens, the gentle author of Spitalfields Life has gained an extraordinary following in recent years, by writing hundreds of lively pen portraits of the infinite variety of people who live and work in the East End of London.