• 8 JUNE 2022
  • London
Join us after hours in our King Street galleries on 8 June as Christie’s Lates returns in celebration of The Art of Literature.

With the backdrop of a cross-category exhibition, explore our guided tours, try one of our literary-themed cocktails and the other refreshments on offer, and experience the full line-up of experimental poetry performances, calligraphy workshops, talks and other activities.

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Explore the programme

Christie’s Lates

Poetry Pop-Up Festival

Christie’s Lates presents an evening festival of contemporary poetry curated by Simona Nastac featuring 14 internationally acclaimed poets and performers on several stages in a live mix of spoken word, sound, visual, film and dance poetry, incantation and music, improvisation and poems testing the elastic extremities of art and language.

West Room, 6:15pm–6:45pm
Part One: Astrid Alben, Lola Nieto and Ulli Freer

West Room, 7:15pm–7:45pm
Part Two: Iris Colomb, Serena Braida & Michael O’Mahony and Dirk Hülstrunk

West Room, 8:15pm–8:45pm
Part Three: James Knight, Karenjit Sandhu and MA.MOYO x MARYSIA

New Gallery, 7pm
Jenga Poetry with Astra Papachristodoulou

Great Room, 8pm
Dance Poetry with Scott Thurston

Christie’s Lates

Workshop: Calligraphy

King Street Gallery, 6pm–9pm

Qu Leilei, a founding member of the Stars Group, the first ever contemporary art movement to appear in China, will offer a drop-in calligraphy workshop where participants can contribute to a single scroll commemorating the evening and the craft of script.

Art of Literature

St James’s Galleries, 6:30pm and 8pm

Victoria Gramm & Mark Wiltshire will provide curator-led tours of the Art of Literature selling exhibition, highlighting their favourite works and expanding on the narratives and connections on show

Fan Fiction Photobooth
Throughout the evening
An opportunity to live out and preserve your literary fantasies

Christie’s art book library pop-up
Augusta Gallery, Throughout the evening
In partnership with CEDU with proceeds directly benefiting Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity

Food and Drink
Throughout the evening
London Essence Present – Literary Themed Cocktails (paid) – Great Room
Christie’s Drink Station (paid) – East Room
‘Umble Pie Food Station (paid) – King St Annex

Auctions on view
Preview our upcoming auctions and exhibitions of Art of Literature and Jewels Online: The London Edit