The Artist's Table: the CAS hosts a fundraising event in honour of Alvaro Barrington raising over £150,000 at his Private Studio in Whitechapel, London

On Monday 10th March the Contemporary Art Society hosted their 19th Artist’s Table, a fundraising event in honour of Alvaro Barrington at his private studio in Whitechapel, London raising over £150,000.

The event was made possible with an outstanding committee and guest list including: Nicola Avery-Gee, Lady Bethell, Nicola Blake, Sadie Coles, Marco Compagnoni, Tommaso Corva-Mora, Caroline Douglas, Clare Elliott, Soo Hitchin, India Rose James, Nicolette Kwok, Yisi Li, Bianca & Stuart Roden, Andrew Pirrie Franks, Dasha Shenkman, Andreas Siegfried, Robert Suss, Tia Tanna, Leopold Thun, Angelina Volk, Cathy Wills & Mary Wolridge.

Guests were welcomed with MarGin Negronis & G&Ts, kindly donated by Rachel Verghis, CEO and founder of MarGin, and a tour of the artist’s private studio in the complex that includes the site of the first free school in London, established in 1680. After an insightful In Conversation, guests were led across the candle-lit garden to dinner in the late 19th-century, neo-Jacobean assembly hall where they enjoyed music produced by Calvin Bennion and a delicious dinner, catered by The Food Initiative, with wine generously donated by Corney & Barrow.

For this occasion, Alvaro made four unique sunset collages, Caribbean Blues, 2025 available for sale to benefit the CAS mission.

Previous Artist’s Tables have been hosted by Glenn Brown, Jeremy Deller, Edmund de Waal, Gilbert & George, Antony Gormley, Chantal Joffe, Isaac Julian, Michael Landy & Gillian Wearing, Haroon Mirza, Grayson Perry, Thomas J Price, Tai Shani, Conrad Shawcross, Do Ho Suh and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

In 2022 the CAS gifted two works by Alvaro Barrington to the Towner Museum, Eastbourne. Lamb of God (2020) and 1944–1977 (2018) were gifted to the CAS by Russell Tovey. Alvaro Barrington is represented by Corvi Mora, Emalin, Sadie Coles, Thaddaeus Ropac. Special thanks to April Rose, & Paola Petrobelli. The Artist’s Table was generously sponsored by Corney & Barrow.

The photography was by Alfi Moss-White.