The placement of this exhibition of art by Ai Weiwei in London’s Design Museum prompts us to think about the meanings of art and objects. Ai Weiwei: Making Sense adds ever more layers onto the work of this most famous of Chinese contemporary artists. Ai Weiwei: Making Sense It’s been a while since I’ve ventured […]
A last minute dash to two very different exhibitions. Charlotte Perriand: The Modern Life reveals just how big a debt we owe to this influential mid-century designer. While Epic Iran is a sweeping survey of millennia of history, from earliest archaeology to contemporary art. The Luxury Of Being Busy I am counting my blessings right […]
At what point is it ok to call an exhibition out on being mainly an advertisement? This is how I felt about this one room exhibition on the John Lewis brand of department stores, which I briefly visited while at the Design Museum recently. The stated aims of the exhibitions are to mark 150 years […]
A lot of the reviews of this exhibition talk about how by trying to make a point of difference it positions itself firmly for those already familiar with Kahn’s work, but, coming with no preconceptions, I found it both interesting and educational. Louis Kahn was born in 1901 in what was then Russia but is […]
Sambourne House is like a delightful time capsule, transporting visitors back to Victorian London and a family aspiring to be part of the Holland Park Circle of artists. The Holland Park Circle (Almost) If you recall, when I visited Leighton House last year, I saw an exhibition about the Holland Park Circle. This name refers […]
RESOLVE Collective take over the Barbican Curve with them’s the breaks, a participatory installation and public programme which looks under the surface of systems and institutions. them’s the breaks There’s something very different on in the Barbican’s Curve space at the moment. Although, to be fair, the exhibitions here are always varied and challenging. But […]
Leighton House’s reopening exhibition helps to resituate it within a community of artists – The Holland Park Circle. A Welcome Return To Leighton House I had not been to Leighton House for a number of years, and have never written about it on the Salterton Arts Review. West London always seems like a bit of […]
A review of Noguchi, the large-scale retrospective now on at the Barbican. An insight into the varied work of sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi. Isamu Noguchi Isamu Noguchi is an interesting figure in 20th Century art. And if you haven’t heard of him before, listen up. Born in 1904 to a Japanese poet father and […]
An illustrated walk of wharves and warehouses from Rotherhithe to London Bridge and back along the North Bank to Tower Hill. Along the way we learn about almost all periods in London’s waterfront history, from the Romans to the Victorians and beyond. Exploring the Central London Waterfront Gilly Cameron-Cooper’s Walking London’s Waterways has been a […]
Tracing London’s lost rivers is a great way to see new parts of London and connect with the city’s heritage. Particularly when most other cultural offerings are off limits! In this walk, I follow the path of the Neckinger river from the Oxo Tower to St Saviour’s Dock. Heritage Walks to Fill the Gap During […]
