A review of the Barbican’s major Dubuffet retrospective. Interesting to see the artist’s inspirations and impact, but not quite the same calibre as their 2020 offerings. Dubuffet, Champion of ‘Art Brut’ I was very excited to be back at the Barbican. Their exhibitions were a real high point on the cultural landscape in inter-lockdown London […]
A brand new museum in a new arts district in Lausanne, the Musée Cantonal Des Beaux-Arts takes a walk through Swiss art history. Plateforme 10 My recent visit to Lausanne was my first. Had I been there on previous trips to Switzerland, I would have missed out on seeing a brand new cultural district in […]
Jean Dubuffet’s gift to the city of Lausanne, the Collection de l’Art Brut is a must-see for anyone with an interest in art outside the cultural mainstream. La Collection De L’Art Brut Long-time Salterton Arts Review followers will know I have a particular interest in so-called Outsider Art. More on nomenclature in a moment but […]
Designed to respond to and expand on a current exhibition at the Royal Academy, Southern Somebodies brings more Black artists from the American South to London. Southern Somebodies Prompted by an interaction with a reader (thank you!), I recently had the opportunity to visit the Gallery of Everything for their exhibition Southern Somebodies. Featuring Black […]
A moving exhibition of art from the Southern United States, Souls Grown Deep Like the River is both thought-provoking and revelatory. Souls Grown Deep Like The River I’ve known rivers:I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. The […]
A review of Postwar Modern at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. An exciting exhibition, its narrative about the impact of war, death and disruption is as relevant as ever. Postwar Modern Now this is an exciting exhibition from the Barbican. Maybe you recall this from a previous post, maybe you’re new here, but I […]
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 […]
A review of the Gallery of Everything’s companion exhibition to the Barbican’s Dubuffet retrospective: The Art of Brut. A great selection of artworks, but it could go further in what it is adding to the larger exhibition. The Art of Brut Shortly after visiting Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty at the Barbican, I received an email […]
