In my second trip to the Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art we see Flare-Up, a group exhibition of artists whose work “engages with the poetics and aesthetics of illness, disability, neurodivergence and Deafness”. Flare-Up Once more, I have had good intentions that have not come to pass. When I first came to Goldsmiths CCA in […]
A chance to rediscover an artist almost lost to history: Michaelina Wautier at the Royal Academy. Who Is Michaelina Wautier? When was it that I was writing about the serendipity of missing an exhibition in London, and then finding I have a second chance when I meet it on holiday somewhere? Was that Switzerland, maybe? […]
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 […]
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 […]
A nice little exhibition at the Courtauld, The Painted Tower: Conservation in Context at Longthorpe focuses on their educational work and efforts to record, preserve and restore medieval wall paintings. The Painted Tower Oh I do love a little academic exhibition. I was at the Courtauld Gallery to see Seurat and the Sea. I didn’t […]
For once I found myself wishing a British Museum was a little busier, as I want a lot of people to see Hawai’i: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans. The British Museum Showcases Hawaiian Culture and History Can you believe it? When I write about exhibitions at the British Museum, it’s almost always to complain uncharitably that […]
A lovely small exhibition at the Wallace Collection explores the WWII period: how the collections were safeguarded, and the uses to which Hertford House was put during wartime. The Wallace Collection at War I little thought, when I came to the Wallace Collection recently to see Caravaggio’s Cupid, that I would be back again so […]
Another popular exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery, this time focusing on Seurat and the Sea. More From the Neo-Impressionists I’m not sure I’ve been in the position before of seeing two exhibitions in quick succession which had such commonalities they even featured some of the same paintings. Or at least one of the same paintings: […]
A final Salterton Arts Review stop in Vienna as we visit the hugely influential Secession exhibition building, to see some contemporary art and Klimt’s wonderful Beethoven Frieze. A Final Stop in Vienna The Secession (or Secession Building, or Secession Museum, or Vienna Secession) is an institution I didn’t quite have on my list to visit […]
A very long overdue exhibition at the Royal Academy, as Rose Wylie becomes the first female painter to have a solo retrospective with The Picture Comes First. A Surprisingly Late Milestone I didn’t actually realise while I was visiting the exhibition. It was only later when I was doing a bit of reading in preparation […]
