The Mike Stanfield Collection, Oxford

Collection Development - Exhibitions Strategy -
Loan Negotiation

The first appointment was to assess the collection and produce an exhibition proposal document based on the collector’s unique collection of Cold War propaganda posters and publications from Castro’s Cuba (OSPAAAL).

The collector requested further work to approach museum directors nationally and internationally to propose an exhibition of the collection. The House of Illustration (now the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration) created an exhibition based on the collection Designed in Cuba: Cold War Graphics (2019). We worked with the Artistic Director to realise the exhibition, negotiate the contract and advise the collector on all aspects of the exhibition up until the opening.