For over a decade Grant Pierrus has worked at the centre of the super-prime design world, advising studios through Pierrus Agency and co-founding AEVEN. He writes here on art, collectible design and interiors: the makers worth knowing and the pieces worth the money.https://grantpierrus.com/en-GBhttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/how-countries-protect-craft/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/how-countries-protect-craft/From Harris Tweed to Limoges porcelain and Japanese craft masters, how countries protect the places, skills and makers behind craft.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTcraftheritageBritish manufacturinggeographical indicationsceramicscraftcommercemarketGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/the-things-i-want-to-live-with-now/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/the-things-i-want-to-live-with-now/A small embroidery, and the larger shift it points to: why interior design is turning toward handmade objects that carry the time, thought and presence of their makers.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTcraftinterior designcollectible designcraftinteriorsdesignGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/what-an-art-advisor-does/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/what-an-art-advisor-does/What an art advisor actually does, how they charge, how to tell a good one from a salesperson, and when you do not need one at all.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTart collectingcollectible designcontemporary artcollectingmarketartGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/women-architects-and-the-furniture-they-designed/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/women-architects-and-the-furniture-they-designed/Eight famous women architects who also designed furniture, from Eileen Gray to Zaha Hadid, and what the saleroom now says about who really made what.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTcollectible designdesignarchitecturedesigncollectingarchitectureGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/what-is-collectible-design/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/what-is-collectible-design/Collectible design is furniture, lighting and objects valued beyond use, for their authorship, craft, rarity and provenance. A guide to how collectors assess and find it.Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTcollectible designcollectingprovenancedesigndesigncollectingmarketGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/royal-academy-summer-exhibition-2026/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/royal-academy-summer-exhibition-2026/The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2026 hangs every work under a number, not a name: a £373,000 Sean Scully beside a £350 thread drawing. The mishmash is the point.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTRoyal AcademySummer ExhibitionSean Scullycontemporary artLondonartmarketcollectingGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/collectors-guide-global-art-design-fairs-2026-2027/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/collectors-guide-global-art-design-fairs-2026-2027/Confirmed dates for the 2026–2027 fair season: Frieze London 14–18 Oct, Art Basel Paris 23–25 Oct, Miami Beach 4–6 Dec, TEFAF Maastricht 13–18 Mar, and 55 more.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTart fairscollectible designart collectingdesign fairsartdesigncollectingmarketGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/pad-paris-2026-provenance/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/pad-paris-2026-provenance/A $31.4m Lalanne hippo and the cabinet that won PAD Paris 2026 show the same shift: collectible design now prices provenance and visible craft over looks.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTcollectible designPAD ParisprovenancecraftParisdesigncollectingmarketGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/wowhouse-2026-art-and-design/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/wowhouse-2026-art-and-design/The art and collectible design at WOW!house 2026, from Francis Sultana's entrance hall to Elicyon's Lalique bar and a Jean-Michel Frank chair in the Misia suite.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTWOW!houseChelsea Harbourinterior designLondoninteriorsdesignartGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/the-cultivated-eye/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/the-cultivated-eye/Three New York shows stage collectible design as someone's home. The objects are priced. The eye that placed them is for hire.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTcollectible designNew YorkThe Future Perfectinterior designdesigninteriorscollectingGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/tribeca-cork-street/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/tribeca-cork-street/Three blocks of Tribeca where contemporary art and collectible design share the same doorways. A Cork Street for two fields at once, walked in an afternoon.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTTribecaCork StreetNew Yorkcollectible designgalleriesdesignartGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/tefaf-thursday-night/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/tefaf-thursday-night/TEFAF New York's collectors' preview at the Park Avenue Armory is for being seen, not for looking. The work itself you read later, on a quieter day.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTTEFAFPark Avenue ArmoryNew Yorkart fairsartdesigncollectingGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/antwerp-six-craft-and-commerce/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/antwerp-six-craft-and-commerce/How did one Antwerp classroom produce six fashion houses still standing 40 years on? On the MoMu show, and why craft makes graduates but commerce makes institutions.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAntwerp SixMoMuBelgian fashionDries Van NotenfashioncraftcommerceGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/axel-vervoordt-gallery-kanaal/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/axel-vervoordt-gallery-kanaal/A Saturday morning at Axel Vervoordt's gallery at Kanaal in Wijnegem, outside Antwerp: what the site is, what to see, and how to visit.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAxel VervoordtKanaalAntwerpBelgiumgalleriesarchitecturesculptureGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/ten-british-sculptors-shaping-the-contemporary-market/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/ten-british-sculptors-shaping-the-contemporary-market/A collector's guide to Britain's most important sculptors, from Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore to Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor and today's Turner Prize winners.Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTBritish sculpturesculptureart collectingcontemporary artsculpturecollectingartGrant Pierrushttps://grantpierrus.com/journal/how-to-identify-a-promising-emerging-british-artist/https://grantpierrus.com/journal/how-to-identify-a-promising-emerging-british-artist/How to identify a promising emerging British artist: what emerging means, the exhibition, institutional and market signals that matter, and where to look first.Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTemerging artistsBritish artart collectingcontemporary artartcollectingGrant Pierrus