From gleaming presents to inebriating parties, discover five artists’ interpretations of the festive season

Still Life Flowers in a Jug at Charleston, ...

The search for still-life subjects led the artist Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country, discovers Tiffany Daneff

Spanning the 1920s to 1970s, Into Abstraction: Modern British Art and the Landscape, at Firstsite in Colchester, examines the evolution of abstract art during periods of sweeping social and political

Exhibition at Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucestershire: Until 16 November (closed Mondays) Exhibition at the Oxo Gallery, South Bank, London: 19 – 23 November Sketch For Survival hel

Trims have been at the forefront of my mind since writing a recent passementerie feature, which made me truly appreciate their transformative qualities to define and elevate schemes. Fabric house Jame