Art the Arms Fair

  • Isabelle Hanson

Every two years, DSEI, the world's largest arms fair comes to London. Art the Arms Fair aims to expose it.

Running alongside DSEI, Art the Arms Fair is a two week art fair and events programme aiming to expose the arms fair, and raise money for CAAT (Campaign Against the Arms Trade)

During the 2019 fair, I worked on shortlisting artists for the exhibition and auction, held at Maverick Projects in Peckham. This included a wide range of artists, including work from local community groups, Yemeni and Syrian artists, and famous names such as Anish Kapoor.

I was also on the events team - programming and managing live music and comedy nights which ran alongside the fair each evening.