In an update on Britain’s catastrophe of good taste, Clarendon Fine Art shops are categorically booming. I mean those galleries on every high street flogging ‘art’ of the fake Andy Warhol soup can spray-painted neon green with a Chanel logo for 10 grand variety.
The chain, now akin to Pret a Manger in London (you can stand in the doorway of one and see four more), was founded in 2010 by Helen Swaby with noble ambitions of “taking the snobbery out of buying art” by offering a range in price. The shops currently have pieces from £105 up to Damien Hirsts and Banksys (POA). Brava! But careful before we all cheer.
