With pink wings and a wicked sense of humour, Party Favour turns birthday entertainment into something far more revealing. Party Favour I went into Party Favour with a feeling of cautious optimism, something I tend to reserve for small-scale solo work. I’ve seen enough fringe experiments to know that “bold” can mean “proceed with caution”. […]
The National Gallery uses a display space to build a small exhibition around a monumental painting by George Stubbs. But for once I could have done with a bit more. Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse Regular readers know that I love small collection displays or exhibitions at institutions like the National Gallery, Courtauld Gallery and […]
Recent changes seem to have diluted the offering of the Museum Gotisches Haus as a city museum, but visitors can still build a nice day around a walk, a visit, and perhaps some cake from the cafe. The Gothic House – a Noble Hunting Lodge You might remember that, a couple of years ago, I […]
On a last stop in Stuttgart, I learn about the region’s rich paleontological history at the Museum am Löwentor branch of the State Museum of Natural History. One Final Stop in Stuttgart Regular readers know that the Urban Geographer and I recently went on a trip to Germany, where Stuttgart was a new location for […]
A chance find on Google Maps leads us to Weissenhof and Le Corbusier’s contribution to a fascinating modernist project. A Chance Find As I wrote in my last post, on a recent trip to Stuttgart the Staatsgalerie was the only museum I was intent on seeing. With a day and a half to fill (by […]
The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart was the main draw for me in coming to the capital of Baden-Württemberg. Did it live up to expectations? Read on to find out. A Museum-Focused Visit to Stuttgart I got around a bit on my recent trip to Germany. Starting in Berlin for a non-museological event, I made time to see […]
The Salterton Arts Review turns lemons into lemonade or, in this case, turns an extended train delay into a walking tour around the German city of Halle. Hello, Halle! If my recent trip to Germany had all gone according to plan, this post would not exist! I started in Berlin, ostensibly for a race but […]
The German Museum of Technology covers a lot of ground in its immense exhibition space, from horses and carts to networks to shipping, textiles, aviation, printing… If you can name it, as a technology, I’m pretty sure it’s here somewhere. A Return Trip to Berlin About two years after my last visit, I was lucky […]
A piece of music that still sounds shockingly modern, Turangalîla: Infinite Love at the Southbank Centre combined Messaien’s music played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with projections by 1927 Studios inspired by the era of silent film. Turangalîla: Infinite Love For me, the draw for Turangalîla: Infinite Love was not actually the music, intially, but […]
A very nice little exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum, Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture introduces the “starchitect” to new audiences, and shows off the museum’s wonderful collection of drawings. An Architects’ Architect I really like the way this exhibition opens. Sir John Soane’s Museum isn’t a big space. And if you’ve been there you’ll […]
