Christiane ten Hoopen established Bloomsbury Design, the art gallery that fronts the HCA office premises (Gallery), in 2006. The exhibitions range from interior design and ethnic craft (textiles, furniture, ceramics) to the work of painters, sculptors and other artists. Originally a musician and musicologist she was awarded a British Council Fellowship to undertake further studies in electroacoustic music at City University, London, in 1987 and subsequently worked at the University of Amsterdam and the GRM in Paris.