Peste Guest 10 ~ JAMES BIRCH 'Gilbert & George and the Communists' | Thu 14th May {7pm}

Reserve your copy of James Birch's 'Gilbert & George and the Communists' {paperback edition} for pick-up on Thursday 14th May from Impiety Hour.

Your purchase includes a seat reservation from 7pm & a complimentary beverage on arrival in order to enjoy our Q&A with the author from the comfort of an intoxicated front seat pew.

Otherwise, this event is free to attend, but we cannot guarantee a seat.

About the event ~
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Scandalous T&Cs ~

*please arrive by 7.30pm in order to claim your seat, or it will fall to the bums of the masses - email justine@adengland.com if you have any access, seat grouping or extravagant plus one requirements {we will try our best to accommodate}*

*your book & beverage will be waiting for you at the bar, just bring along your purchase confirmation email or show your ID & we will hand over the booty*

*don't worry if you can't make it for the event, we'll keep your book safe until you can make it along at your own leisure*

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'In the spring of 1990, while the iron gears of the Soviet Union were grinding toward a definitive halt, two men in impeccably tailored tweed suits stood in the middle of a Moscow square, looking very much like a pair of lost bank managers from a future that never arrived.  This was Gilbert & George, and the man responsible for this surreal collision of British eccentricity and Communist austerity was the gallerist James Birch.

How did a self-described "chancer" manage to stage a massive exhibition of provocative, monumental art in a city where the grocery shelves were empty but the appetite for the avant-garde was ravenous?

To mark the paperback publication of Birch's Gilbert & George in Moscow (pub. Cheerio), join Austin Collings & the chancer himself in conversation about one of the most improbable moments in the history of the 20th-century art world.

Admission is open to the public; the ghosts of the old regime are, as always, invited for free.'