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Global illustrated arts publisher Thames & Hudson celebrated 75 years with a party at the V&A, with guests including a mixture of the authors, agents, artists, booksellers, the founding Neurath family and Thames & Hudson employees both past and present, along with representatives from the arts media and institutions.
Speeches were given by chair Johanna Neurath, c.e.o. Sophy Thompson and the artist Sir Grayson Perry, and celebrated the history of the independent family-owned publisher while looking to the future.
Thompson thanked those gathered for their support and said: "Together, we make better books; together, we sell better books; together we can set Thames & Hudson on a course that will continue to support the arts, represent the arts, and allow our publishing to thrive and excel for the next 75 years".
Perry remarked that having grown up in a house with no books, Thames & Hudson titles had been the first art books he discovered, and made him into a fan. "I have never hesitated to spend money on art books." Describing books as talismanic, Perry added that they were important emotionally, culturally and spiritually, but also "tangible".
Guests were also able to visit the new exhibition "Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection".