Our picks from Masterpiece London 2015

If you think this globe looks familiar, either (a) you’re a Star Wars fan or (b) you’ve seen one of its big brothers outside the United Nations HQ in New York. Indeed, Arnaldo Pomodoro’s work can be seen, rather fittingly, all across the globe – from the Vatican to Trinity College, Dublin. And, for one week at the end of June at least, at Royal Hospital Chelsea. One of Italy’s leading sculptors, Pomodoro actually trained as an architect – as evidenced in the strong geometric lines of his globe cores. It was at the height of the Italian Renaissance when the relationship between architecture and sculpture was first realised – and Pomodoro has said before that he believes this integration has been lost in our time. It’s good to know we’ve got the right man on the case, then.

For more info, visit matteolampertico.it

From her smouldering look, Nell Gwyn could certainly turn it on for the canvas – the painter Simon Verelst’s canvas, in this case. She could also turn it on for royalty – a self-proclaimed “Protestant whore”, she was apparently the most endearingly remembered mistress of King Charles II.

For more info, visit philipmould.com

You could never accuse Linley of thinking small. Its latest collection of furniture is called Lightscape: the premise is an exploration of light in the city and how it transforms architecture. All of that, in a wardrobe. What’s more amazing is that Linley’s expert craftsmen have pulled it off. 

For more info, visit davidlinley.com

Every year, only a select few car makers are allowed through the Royal Hospital gates. This fair, it’s Maserati’s turn. Having celebrated its centenary last year, the Italian brand is firmly established as one of the finest Italian car marques – its Quattroporte a stand-out model. 

For more info, visit maserati.co.uk

In just ten years, Summers produced more than 100 furniture designs, which capture the zeitgeist of the 1930s. This armchair is ingenious not only because it’s it constructed from a single piece of bent plywood, but also because the chair was the first to be formed in a mould. 

For more info, visit peterpetrou.com

Bonalumi was a creative polymath. He exhibited his first technical drawings at the Premio Nazionale Città di Vimercate when he was just thirteen years old. From set and costume design, to two-dimensional and three-dimensional abstract art, he was a pivotal figure in post-war Italian art. Possibly his boldest and most recognisable collection of work is his large-scale sculptures. ‘Rosso’, pictured, was made in 2010 – and is a powerful example of his creative use of curves. He worked across a broad range of materials from fibreglass to bronze, but nothing quite says ‘red’ better than high-gloss coloured ceramic.

For more info, visit mazzoleniart.com

One look at Niko Luoma’s work, and immediately you’ll think it’s digital – some clever manipulation of binary data to make ultra modern arrangements. You would, though, be mistaken. The Finnish abstract photographer instead works purely in good old-school analogue. His pictures, like 158th Day, 2007 [pictured] are created through multiple exposures on film. Mathematics, light, geometry – and a fair amount of luck – result in the final dramatic compositions.

For more info, visit atlasgallery.com

Back in the late 17th century, it was the Brits – not the Swiss – who were renowned as the best clock makers. Thomas Tompion, aka the ‘father of English clock making’ was commissioned to make this Grande Sonnerie table clock by King William III as a gift for the Medicis. 

For more info, visit marshclocks.co.uk