London readers of Arts & Crafts who are studying drawing in pen and ink for illustration should not miss the present opportunity of studying at the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers’ Exhibition, at the New Gallery, in Regent-street, the original drawings by Vierge of some of his illustrations to “Pablo di Segovia.” They will especially find it interesting, we think, to compare the finished drawing there of the incident in the Barber’s Shop with the artist’s first conception of the scene, which we reproduce on the opposite page. In several points of detail it will be noticed that these two drawings differ, but in the large and small paper editions of the book the variations in this same illustration are much greater.

Indeed the composition is quite different. In the small paper edition the customer’s face is hidden by the extension of the arms of the barber who is shaving him, the backs of both men being turned to the spectator. The young rascal behind the chair has already picked the customer’s pocket, and is handing the wallet to a woman who stoops at the half-opened door to receive it, the door being to the kit of the picture, instead of to the right, as in the original chawing.

Rossana Orlandi Gallery hosts Bless project n. 29: Wallscapes. It doesn’t matter where we are. It doesn’t matter what’s the climate outside. It doesn’t matter which side of the world we live in. All the spaces are now interchangeable and fused together in habitable ways. This is possible through bi-dimensional wallscapes available either as poster or mobile panels showing interiors and exteriors with a widening side-effect. What is familiar it’s given a chance of altering its domestic aspect with a new and unexpected sympathetic atmosphere. As part of Bless project n. 28 Climate Confusion Assistance, fur and sofa shaped hammocks are lazily swinging indoor in order to lighten metropolitan hectic life.

Spazio Lima is showing another Bless vision of daily routine. Cables, mobile and multiple plugs are now given a new appeal which translates them into beautiful objects proud to be seen and not to be considered as mere appendix any longer.