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The Tourist, oil on canvas by Jack Vettriano O.B.E

NOTES FROM A
TRAVELLER

Welcome to the  journal and notes of Grace Lambert-Phillips.

 

Grace started writing when she was around 8 years old, and wrote her first short story, typed and illustrated, from her bedroom floor. She became a traveller around the same time, even though for a while it was only in her stories until she was big enough to explore the world. Now she is living in Italy writing about her travels, discoveries and adventures. Sometimes she still writes from a floor, but more often she writes from her studio in Tuscany or on the move at some table somewhere. But the important thing, she realised a long time ago, was always to write and do it wherever she was.

Aug 3

Disclosures - New Exhibition launching in September


Disclosures is a body of work that will be exhibited for the first time, focusing on the early months of my time in Florence during the second lockdown in 2020. The exhibition will take place at The Golden View, overlooking the Ponte Vecchio and Vasari's Corridor—the very neighborhood where I spent those transformative months.


This exhibition also weaves a larger narrative, as it will feature three pieces from our new project, Reimagining the Grand Tour. This initiative retraces the steps of the Grand Tour of Italy, drawing lessons from past travelers to inform the experiences of modern-day explorers. As I walked the empty streets in 2020, devoid of tourists, it became increasingly clear that while tourism is integral to the culture, it can overshadow the city's authentic essence.


We seek to address a crucial question: how can we engage with the culture of this country in a true and meaningful way that also protects it? The challenge lies in learning not just to be tourists, but to embrace the spirit of travellers once again. These images capture the artworks in their original context, free from the gaze of tourists, allowing them to come alive in the stillness of those months when the city breathed in its own essence once more.


The works will be on display from 19th September 2024 until 12th January 2025 at The Golden View, Via dei Bardi, Firenze.

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