Long nails conjure glamour and feminine confidence and can act as a shield to mask vulnerability. There is a portrait of Joan Alleyn (1596) inside the Gallery. Imagine if her fashionable Elizabethan costume could have included a flash of red painted fingernails.
Makiko Harris
Mega Nail in Lady Alleyn Red, 2025
Powder coated aluminium
Courtesy of the artist with thanks to Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
