Detail of HSBC's UK London Headquarters

Study Visits

HSBC Art Collection: A Private View

  • Friday 23 May 2025
    (1.45pm for 2pm start)
  • HSBC Holdings Plc, 8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HQ - Meet in the foyer
  • Curator: Daniel Lancaster

The HSBC Art Collection was established in 1923 by the bank’s then chief manager, Alexander Stephen. It comprises works by artists including Vanessa Bell and Walter Sickert, as well as contemporary works by artists including George Shaw and Phoebe Unwin. A talk by the collection’s curator, Daniel Lancaster, is followed by an opportunity to explore the collection in the bank’s 45-storey global headquarters, designed by Foster + Partners.

 

Curator

David Lancaster is Curator of the HSBC Art Collection and Global Art Manager based at the bank’s 45-storey global headquarters in Canary Wharf. He has a BA in Business Administration from De Montfort University and subsequently studied Curating at the University of the Arts London.

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