As a younger man, gallerist Timothy Taylor was handled for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – a type of most cancers that impacts the lymphatic system. Now he’s supporting the London NHS hospital the place he was handled, the Royal Marsden, by donating all of the earnings from his gallery’s summer time exhibition.
Birdsong (from in the present day till 12 August) options over 15 works by artists together with Paula Rego, Yinka Shonibare CBE and Rachel Whiteread. The title is impressed by Sebastian Faulks’s guide of the identical identify, “evoking an emblem of hope and resilience within the face of mortality.”
“My household has supported the Royal Marsden’s world-leading analysis efforts since my very own expertise with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,” says Taylor in an announcement. “I’ve seen their ardour first-hand, and I thank each collaborating artist for his or her generosity in supporting this trigger. Birdsong embodies the enjoyment that artwork can lend even in probably the most difficult circumstances.”
Based mostly in Kensington & Chelsea, the Royal Marsden was the primary hospital on the planet devoted to the research and remedy of most cancers.
