During Frieze Week, Knatchbull hosted an intimate breakfast gathering at 32 Savile Row to celebrate the opening of Curio, a collection of 19 new paintings by London-based artist Kit Lintin, presented by Tarka Russell.
The event brought together clients, collectors, and friends of the house to experience Lintin's enchanting still life works displayed amongst Knatchbull's bespoke tailoring and artisanal wares—a union of artistic and sartorial excellence.
Curio invites contemplation through its portrayal of everyday objects transformed into subjects of quiet intensity.
Glass, metal, and fabric are rendered with luminous precision, each painting capturing beauty in the overlooked. Lintin's masterful use of light—at times soft and glowing, at others sharp and glinting—imbues static forms with unexpected vitality.
Several works engage directly with Knatchbull's craft. Silent Valet echoes the cyclical motion of tailoring, while Fennel Doves features intertwined calla lilies whose petal forms mirror the curve of fabric cuffs, with subtle buttons inspired by the house's signature silk blouse.
The morning offered a rare opportunity to pause and consider the materiality that connects fine art and fine tailoring: the play of light on silk, the precision of a buttonhole, the elegance found in form and detail.
Curio remains on view at 32 Savile Row, a meditation on perception and the hidden poetry of objects.
Each painting in the collection captures beauty in the overlooked, finding elegance in form and material, encouraging a moment of stillness and contemplation. The Day’s Compass (2025), oil on Linen, 45 x 60 cm "Still life paintings traditionally depict fruit or flowers.
About the artist Kit Lintin (b.1996) is a British artist living and working in London. Her still life paintings reimagine familiar objects from daily life, using oil paint to reveal subtle details and an unexpected sense of charm. Her open-ended scenes explore the space between reality and imagination, where hints of surrealism emerge through a careful play on light and shadow. Presence and narrative are suggested, but never fully revealed. Lintin’s paintings invite quiet contemplation, as objects take on enigmatic qualities and the familiar is seen anew.
