14 May 2014
Earlier this month, Tate Modern became the topic of debate after an adventurous child clambered onto a priceless sculpture. For one London gallerist, however, interactivity and access is to be encouraged.
Lorne Thyssen will this week open Kallos on Davies Street, dedicated to selling a variety of Greek antiquities. The space will not enclose its pieces in cases or behind alarmed lasers. Instead, visitors will find helmets, coins and vases completely accessible on plinths and even lying nonchalantly on chairs.
“They say you should buy what you love and they’re absolutely right,” says Thyssen, who is actually encouraging visitors to handle the goods. “London is the place to be for antiques. Nowhere else compares, it’s exciting to be here.”
