FRAMELESS immersive art experience invites families to step inside the world of the best-selling picture book The Colour Monster.
For the past decade, The Colour Monster has helped children around the world understand and manage their emotions. Inspired by Anna Llenas’ work as an art therapist, the book brings together simple, creative techniques that make conversations around emotional wellbeing more accessible, playful and meaningful.
For the first time ever, the story steps beyond the page into a fully immersive environment, where emotions are brought to life through colour, movement and sound. Designed for children and adults alike, the experience offers a calm and magical space to slow down, connect and explore emotions together.
Entry is included with all standard FRAMELESS tickets on selected dates until Easter. For more information on opening times, please scroll down this page.
Taking place within FRAMELESS’ Blank Canvas Gallery, the experience uses Anna Llenas’ distinctive collage-style illustrations to guide visitors through a series of beautifully crafted emotional worlds. Different feelings — from happiness and sadness to anger and calm — are each given their own moment, colour and atmosphere, encouraging curiosity, reflection and meaningful conversation.
The immersive story begins with the Colour Monster feeling overwhelmed and confused, as all his emotions are mixed together. With gentle guidance, he begins to understand what each feeling means by separating them into coloured jars. As each emotion is explored, the experience softly reinforces a powerful message: all feelings are valid, and talking about them helps us feel lighter, clearer and happier.
The Colour Monster will be available during our Parent and Toddler sessions, Monday to Thursday from 11:00am to 12:30pm, until Easter, when the Blank Canvas Gallery is open.*
Entry to the Residency is included with a FRAMELESS ticket during these hours. Please check our opening times for more information.
*Excluding 23rd March for our Chilled Session
Anna Llenas is the celebrated author and illustrator of The Colour Monster and a practising art therapist. Her work brings together art, storytelling and emotional wellbeing, transforming feelings into colour, character and connection.
With a background spanning advertising, graphic design and creative illustration, alongside a Master’s degree in Art Therapy, Anna’s practice is rooted in both creativity and psychology. After beginning her career as a graphic designer and art director at leading agencies, she founded AnnaLlenas® in 2008 to focus on creating books and experiences that support emotional awareness for children and families.
Her work has reached audiences worldwide through collaborations with organisations including La Vanguardia, SM Group, Nestlé, Puma, Barcelona City Council and MACBA.
At FRAMELESS, The Colour Monster steps beyond the page, becoming an immersive journey through colour, emotion and imagination.
The Colour Monster was first published in Spain as El Monstre de Colors in 2012 by Editorial Flamboyant and later published in the UK in 2016 by Templar Books, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK. © Anna Llenas 2012.
The experience loops continuously, and you are free to wander in and out.
The Colour Monster is accessible for all ages, though it is primarily designed for children aged 3-8.
FRAMELESS is situated in the very heart of London’s West End cultural district. Housed within the newly developed Marble Arch Place, it’s located at the meeting point of Oxford Street, Mayfair and Hyde Park.
The Colour Monster will be available during our Parent and Toddler sessions, Monday to Thursday from 11:00am to 12:30pm, until Easter, when the Blank Canvas Gallery is open.*
Entry to the Residency is included with a FRAMELESS ticket during these hours.
*Excluding 23rd March for our Chilled Session
Please check our opening hours for more information.
The Colour Monster is included with any standard ticket purchase.
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