Mary Killen Mary Killen

Your Problems Solved | 19 November 2005

Etiquette advice from The Spectator's Miss Manners

issue 19 November 2005

Dear Mary…

Q. As an elderly art-lover, I was thrilled to be invited to the private views of exhibitions by both Julian Barrow and his brother Andrew. Alas, I see these take place on the very same night next week and, as I am now nearly 90 and practically bedridden, I really cannot risk the mid-evening trek from Julian’s landscapes at the Fine Art Society to Andrew’s alphabet collages at the Rebecca Hossack in Fitzrovia. As both brothers are hypersensitive, would it be tactful to chuck both parties rather than attend only one of them?
E.E., London NW6

A. I have good news for you. I have consulted the galleries in question and find that Andrew opens in Windmill Street on Monday 21 November and Julian the following night in Bond Street. You can therefore attend both events at your leisure without offending either artist.

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