Journal

The Interior Palette

A new journal series exploring how a single artwork can guide the atmosphere of a room.

The Highgate Contemporary Art Journal explores the ideas, interiors and artistic movements shaping contemporary collecting today. Through collection features, edits, artist insights and guidance on living with art, we look at how painting and original art becomes part of everyday spaces, from calm neutral interiors to expressive, colour-led rooms. Designed for both new and experienced collectors, the Journal offers inspiration and practical insight into choosing and living with contemporary art.

Featured Articles

Interior Palette No.3: Sea Glass, Moss & Chalk

Sea Glass, Moss & Chalk begins with a painting full of light, movement and fresh, natural colour. Soft blues and aquamarine tones open the scheme, while moss green and deeper chocolate notes bring it back to earth.

Using Little Greene shades including Slaked Lime, Bone China Blue Pale, Aquamarine Pale, Sage Green and Chocolate Colour, this palette explores how a work of art can shape an interior without overwhelming it. Chalky walls, pale stone, woven textures and darker linen accents create a calm, contemporary setting where colour feels considered, organic and quietly uplifting.

The Alcove: Small Works, Quiet Presence

A curated online exhibition of small scale works, The Alcove considers the quiet power of paintings made for intimate spaces. Refined in scale and rich in presence, these works invite close looking and thoughtful placement within the home.

Artist Spotlight: Janette Kerr

Rooted in long engagement with northern coastal landscapes, Janette Kerr’s paintings capture the shifting relationship between land, sea and sky with strength, subtlety and emotional resonance.

Spring Edit

Art for Above the Sofa

Choosing art for above the sofa is often less about filling a wall and more about finding the right balance of scale, presence and atmosphere. In this guide, we consider proportion, placement and the kind of work that can bring a sitting room together.

The Interior Palette No.2: Olive, Stone & Charcoal

Olive, Stone and Charcoal is a layered interior palette pairing White and Pink Camellias with rich wall colour, limestone, soft blush tones and olive accents.

The Interior Palette No.1: Rust, Ochre & Teal

A new journal series exploring how a single artwork can shape the atmosphere of a room. In this first edition of The Interior Palette, Winhurst Cove by Sam Peacock sets the tone for a scheme of rust, ochre and teal, layered through texture, pattern and material

The Nursery Edit

Art for a nursery should bring warmth, softness and a sense of imagination to the room. The Nursery Edit gathers paintings that introduce gentle colour, playful shape and a feeling of calm, creating spaces that feel both nurturing and visually rich.

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