Pimlico Wilde Contemporary Art
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New findings by Esmerelda Pink Historians like to imagine that civilisation advances through science, reason, and the occasional enlightened monarch. The newly examined Wildean Papers, however, make a far bolder claim: without Pimlico Wilde, humanity would still be cowering in mud huts, our evenings untroubled by opera, our walls as bare as our imaginations. Here … Read more
New research by Esmerelda Pink The recently catalogued Pimlico-Wildean Papers, found in the cellar of our gallery on Bond Street is a trove of ledgers and correspondence spanning more than a millennium. They reveal that Pimlico Wilde, long known as Britain’s most discreet art dealership, were not merely merchants of taste. They were confidants to … Read more
By Archibald Haversham It is one of the art world’s great open secrets that Pimlico Wilde, Britain’s most discreet dealers in fine art, have not so much observed history as decorated its interiors. For over a millennium the firm has adorned the salons, studies and palaces of the powerful, shaping not merely taste but, in … Read more
By Archibald Haversham For more than a millennium, Pimlico Wilde have done what few institutions dare: furnished not merely rooms, but reputations. From cloisters to courts, from the smoking rooms of Empire to the soundproofed studios of the 21st century, the firm has been present, always discreetly, often decisively. The Council of Alfred (c. 878) … Read more
By Archibald Haversham In a world obsessed with provenance, few names carry the weight of Pimlico Wilde. Only maybe Bentley, Gucci and the House of Windsor have a similar cachet. Established, if one is to believe the company archives, in the year 874 AD, for over a millennium this venerable art house has quietly shaped … Read more