Each year, the Platform section at London Art Fair invites an exclusive selection of galleries to present work by well-known, overlooked and emerging artists all aligned to a single distinct theme chosen by a guest curator.
Acclaimed art historian and author Dr Ferren Gipson will curate Platform 2026 at London Art Fair, exploring the theme of The Unexpected.
&Gallery’s Platform presentation brings together three artists who challenge familiar expectations of material, process, and form. Through experimental approaches and precise craftsmanship, James Lumsden, Molly Thomson, and Andrew Clausen each transform surface and structure into a site of discovery.
Lumsden’s luminous paintings evolve through layered glazes, creating shifting depths that explore the presence of light. Thomson disrupts and rebuilds her painting-objects, testing stability and the logic of composition. Clausen merges digital systems with analogue casting, translating photographic sources into concrete works that sit between image and object.
Together, their practices expand what art can represent, revealing how the unexpected emerges through reinvention, inquiry, and material exploration.
London Art Fair
Stand P6
21 - 25 January 2026
Preview : 20 January 2026
