A fitting final stop in Barcelona, El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria offers a powerful glimpse beneath the city’s streets, revealing layers of history through archaeology, architecture, and memory. One Last Wander After my visit to the Museu Picasso, I still had a little time to spare before heading back to the hotel and […]
On my final morning in Barcelona, I made a spontaneous visit to the Museu Picasso Barcelona, and left unexpectedly impressed. A Final Morning and a Familiar Name It was my last day in Barcelona. I had a few hours before I needed to head to the airport, and time to fit in one or two […]
Returning to the Sagrada Família 18 months after my first visit offered a new perspective as I explored the museum beneath the church. Returning to the Sagrada Família: A Second Look, A Deeper Focus Revisiting a major landmark on a return trip is something I rarely do. I tend to seek out new places and […]
On a return visit to Chantilly I finally gave the Musée Vivant du Cheval the time it deserves, and found a museum that’s as much about memory and movement as it is about horses. Le Musée Vivant du Cheval On my first visit to Chantilly, I only had time for a cursory look inside the […]
Finishing up today in Grenada, we visit a very special spot in Rome Museum, a private labour of love and memory store for a community which has seen rapid change. Rome Museum In some ways, I have saved the best for last. This is my fourth post about Grenada. I introduced the tri-island state here, […]
No trip to Grenada is complete without exploring the story behind its most iconic export, and the Grenada Nutmeg Museum in Victoria tells it beautifully. Spice of the Island: A Short History of Nutmeg in Grenada After exploring the Grenada National Museum in St George’s, I couldn’t pass up the chance to dive deeper into […]
The Grenada National Museum is part of a trip to St George’s for many visitors to this island nation. As a museum it confounded my expectations, but on reflection this may point to an interesting decolonising of the museum and its exhibits. The Grenada National Museum With a day to spend in St George’s, there […]
Just a stone’s throw from Tate Modern, Kirkaldy’s Testing Works speaks to Southwark’s industrial past and the ingenuity and single-mindedness of one man, David Kirkaldy. Another ‘New Museum’ in London One thing I love about London is how much of it I still have to see. I’ve lived here about 15 years now. And yet […]
Something a little different today as we head out of the cities to the National Transport & Toy Museum near Wānaka. A Different Side to Central Otago This isn’t the first trip to New Zealand I’ve taken my Salterton Arts Review readers on. Those who have joined me for these Antipodean posts before will know […]
Another New Zealand first as we explore the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Aotearoa’s first public art collection. Hello Again, Dunedin Public Art Gallery This is our third stop in Dunedin and its environs, on this particular visit to the Southern Hemisphere. We’ve already seen the refurbished Port Chalmers Maritime Museum, and the Dunedin Gasworks Museum. […]
