Sarabande Sets Its Sights on Hong Kong With Joyce Installation

LONDON — The creative band at Sarabande is headed to Hong Kong next month for an installation and pop-up shop at Joyce that will house works of art and sculpture, a jewelry engraving workshop and a clothing offer from hot London brands including Craig Green and Roberts Wood. This will be the first time that Sarabande, the late Lee Alexander McQueen’s charitable arts foundation based in northeast London, takes its talents on the road, and into new markets. The pop-up will run from May 17 until June 12 at Joyce on Queen’s Road Central, with some of the designers and artists remaining on site for a week to meet customers, retailers, local talents and craftspeople. Trino Verkade, the founding trustee of Sarabande who runs the foundation, said she is most excited about demonstrating how the creative disciplines at the foundation are interlinked, how artists and designers can inspire and support one another, and the bonds between imagination and craftsmanship. “It’s about the Sarabande mind-set as well as the final work,” said Verkade, who worked with Andrew Keith, president of Lane Crawford and Joyce at The Lane Crawford Group, on the project. As part of the Hong Kong visit, Verkade will also be taking the group

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