During an extended trip to Dunedin I have the opportunity to explore different public gardens and reflect on what they tell us about attitudes to nature, leisure, history and the environment. Introduction: Gardens Of Dunedin It’s not every day that the Salterton Arts Review talks about gardens. But not unheard of. Over the years we’ve […]
A visit back to my home town is a good chance to revisit and reappraise the museums I grew up with, including Toitū Otago Settlers Museum. A Visit Home In late 2022 I was finally able to take a trip back home, much delayed by the pandemic. Living in London, the city of Dunedin in […]
Australian art-chitects Atelier Sisu bring light and levity to London on Blue Monday with their installation Evanescent at the Leadenhall Building. Evanescent Blue Monday. You’ve heard of it? Apparently the most depressing day of the year – the third Monday in January when we are all back at work, the nights are long, and we […]
A review of Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope. Part of the Tate’s exploration of female artists who pushed the boundaries of sculpture, Abakanowicz’s works were so genre-defying a new word had to be invented to describe them. Magdalena Abakanowicz The additional exhibition spaces Tate Modern has thanks to its Blavatnik Building extension […]
A review of Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel at the Barbican in London. This small exhibition in the Barbican’s Curve space is a shrine to the women of pre-Revolutionary Iran. Soheila Sokhanvari I enjoy the Barbican’s Curve space as an opportunity to discover new artists. The long, sleek, one room exhibitions are often provocative. And so […]
A guided tour of Moor Park during the 2022 visitor season. This is very likely the only time a golf club will feature on the Salterton Arts Review so let’s get stuck in, shall we? Moor Park There is rather an interesting history to Moor Park, a stately home turned golf club near Rickmansworth, North […]
A review of On The Ropes, a dramatised true story co-written by former boxer Vernon Vanriel. Over twelve rounds in the ring we chart heady highs, personal lows, and a case study in the inhumanity of the ‘hostile environment’. Vernon ‘The Entertainer’ Vanriel You may have seen renewed press coverage this week of Vernon Vanriel’s […]
The British Museum’s exhibition Hieroglyphs focuses on the Rosetta Stone in order to tell the story of the decipherment of the language of Ancient Egypt. A Little Pre-Reading I wrote once several years ago about an exhibition at the British Museum which left me with a feeling of disappointment: what I thought was quite an […]
The final installment in our excursion to Reykjavik takes in the Einar Jónsson Museum. Jónsson, Iceland’s first sculptor, worked in a Symbolist style that makes his works haunting even today. One Last Museum Today marks the final installment in the Salterton Arts Review’s series on museums in Reykjavik. If you’re new here you can take […]
Reykjavik’s House of Collections displays works from the collection of the National Gallery of Iceland in a charming setting. Great for art lovers who want to get to know Icelandic art past and present. Safnahúsið: The House Of Collections I’m a little confused by Reykjavik’s Safnahúsið. I feel like it’s been through some changes in […]
