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ART DIFFERENTLY

Based in St Ives, Cornwall, we are a leading art gallery and online store. Our contemporary art gallery hosts artist led seasonal exhibitions with some of the UK’s most well regarded artists and craftsmen.

Alongside this the studio also offers art and curation consultancy, with installation and advisory services for commercial and private clients. Art and craftsmanship at the centre of all our projects, we can help to create timeless interiors that speak of their history and architecture, and our clients own personalities.

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A woman with blonde hair sits in a vintage orange-brown armchair with a floral and abstract painted wall behind her. She is wearing a leopard print shirt, dark jeans, and brown leather boots.

Milieu was set up in 2023 by artist Caroline Robinson. Caroline is a painter and artist in her own right and a resident in St Ives, Cornwall for nearly twenty years. With extensive hospitality experience after previously founding a highly successful Michelin star awarded smallholding and restaurant with her husband and young family. In 2023 Caroline decided to focus on her artistic connections and insatiable ardor of art and design. Launching Milieu Studios in order to create a space for showcasing a variety of different practises and artistic approaches. Not just to visit here in Cornwall, but also to provide a platform for conversation surrounding art, bringing the voices and unique stories behind each piece and practise to the fore front.

Milieu has gained much momentum over its first year since opening and now sells work Internationally, representing some of the UK’s most well regarded contemporary artists.

Caroline practises her own painting career, alongside mentoring other artists, you can find her work with limited availability through some well respected galleries within the UK and through Milieu directly.

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Benjamin Hall

Benjamin Hall – otherwise known as Mr Ben – is a ceramicist, painter and songwriter living in Sheffield. After honing his craft in an old barn next to his childhood home the unmistakable imprint of the fells and valleys of his native Westmorland became indelibly furrowed into clay, canvas and song. Today Hall runs a thriving pottery studio affectionately known as ‘The Melody Shed’ alongside writing, releasing albums and touring the UK with his band. Hall’s visual work ranges from humble tableware to beguiling illustrative vases, jars and oil paintings. Traditional ‘Sgrafitto’ is at the heart of the ceramic decoration, with handmade tools carving intricate landscapes and poetry written by Ben into a variety of slipped vessels. Hall’s love of regional dialect and knack for a lyrical turn of phrase comes to life through the tactile engraving process, merging his physical work with the literary.

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A ceramic vase with blue and white design featuring the words 'The Meadow Pippin' written in stylized script, placed on a wooden stool indoors.
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