While scores of fashion designers are launching exhibitions, the French designer is going one better and getting her own art gallery.

This year, agnès b joins Habitat founder, Terence Conran, as a patron to F-EST - the East End Visual Arts Festival. Her 'Galerie du Jour' will occupy a temporary space at the Tea Building in London especially for the F-EST weekend, and she will also be mounting a retrospective of her publication 'Point d'Ironie' art project at the Great Eastern Hotel.

Among the 80 other museums and galleries opening their doors and arranging special events for the F-EST weekend are Andrew Mummery, Chisenhale Gallery, Flowers East, Matt's Gallery, Maureen Paley, the Nunnery, Rhodes + Mann, Victoria Miro, Wapping Project, White Cube and the Whitechapel Art Gallery.

Meanwhile I shall wait and see if the creative pendulum swings back towards fashion next week. I'll be sure to let you all know.

F-EST - October 17-19, 2003
Various venues across East London. Free shuttle bus to Frieze Art Fair.
For further information visit www.f-est.com

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