In the autumn of 2022 we held a solo show for one of our most exciting young contemporary artists Valeria Duca. In the spring of the same year she travelled to her native Moldova, to witness at first hand the wave of Ukrainian families that had sought sanctuary there in an effort to escape the Russian onslaught. Deeply affected by her experiences, Valeria felt driven to paint a series of works in response. We held an auction of the resulting seven canvases to raise money for Médecins Sans Frontières, a charity working tirelessly to change lives for the better across the region.

Please do watch Valeria’s short film describing her motivations and her experiences with the Ukrainian refugees in Moldova: