I Am. We Are. Liberty

Ester Coen is an art historian and curator. She is an expert on Italian Futurism, the Metaphysical artists, and the international avant-gardes, and her research for her numerous essays and publications extends from the 1960s to the contemporary scene. She has curated many exhibitions, their subjects ranging from Giorgio de Chirico, Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, and Henri Matisse, to Richard Serra and Gary Hill. She recently edited the book Futurliberty: Liberty Fabrics and the Avant-Garde (Thames and Hudson, 2023).

• 1 main catalogue 68 pages - with contributors including Adil M-Khan (Liberty CEO), Andrea Petochi (MD Liberty), Ester Coen (curator of Liberty 150 exhibition), Alice Rawsthorn, Louis Wise, Barry Miles.1 exhibition catalogue 28 pages5 partner catalogues 20 pages - British Museum, Design Council, Imperial War Museums, Sir John Soane’s Gallery, William Morris Gallery with texts by their Directors Dr Nicholas Cullinan OBE, Minnie Moll, Caro Howell, Rebecca Newell, Hadrian Garrard, Will Gompertz1 poster of Grayson Perry design and interview on reverse with Xavier Bray director of the Wallace Collection1 poster of Althea McNish and Emma Dabiri text1 poster of 1940s Staffordshire dogs and Jacqmar designs1 quote by Thomas Heatherwick1 sheet of temporary tattoos of Liberty designs1 sticker sheet of Pentagram Liberty font design1 concertina with cutouts of the building with text by Owen Hatherley1 3D cut out and build of the Liberty exhibition2 postcards1 facsimile of Japan photobook by Arthur and Emma Liberty from 1889