A THIRST FOR FRIEZE

As the art fair returns to Regent’s Park, Douglas Blyde suggests some cocktails to match

Now in its 19th year, Frieze London continues to focus on innovative practice, so here is a trio of artfully inspired cocktail experiences available during the festival. At Amethyst, the Quatrefoil was created in conjunction with artist Pablo Bronstein. Showcasing Bronstein’s limited edition X Muse Scottish vodka, available from November, the perfumed drink stars purple basil and pink grapefruit cordial, topped off with a white poppy rim. Meanwhile at Fitz’s, guests can book a place on a masterclass titled The Theory of Colour, where cocktails are paired with different treatments of the 1660 Dutch artwork, Still Life of a Vase of Flowers, by Nicolaes van Verendael. Finally, in celebration of the Bright Young Things, a blithe generation of artists, writers, socialites and performers who illuminated interwar London, head to the classy Fumoir bar at Claridge’s for swizzles, sours, daisies and juleps, served in Lalique crystalware against the backdrop of an original 1931 Lalique panel. (amethystdining.com; fitzs.co.uk; claridges.co.uk)