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 […]
A review of an exhibition of photography by James Barnor at the Serpentine Gallery. A fascinating look at life between London and Ghana in the mid-20th Century. James Barnor at the Serpentine Gallery Another week, another first for me. This time was my first visit to the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park. I even made […]
A review of the multi-sensory installation of work by Ryoji Ikeda, on now at 180 The Strand. In which I am reminded that I am an art enthusiast more than a cool art insider. Disclaimer: this is really not a great art exhibition for anyone who is sensitive to strobe/flashing/bright lights. This includes some of […]
A review of Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy at the Whitechapel Gallery. In which a long career provides a great depth of works to choose from. Eileen Agar It is such a luxury to once again have so many cultural offerings available that I can’t squeeze them all in. I only just made it to […]
A review of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford. What a lot to see, at this expansive satellite of the IWM focused (mostly) on air transport. Those Magnificent Men (And Women) In Their Flying Machines This post marks the beginning of an excursion to Cambridgeshire which the Salterton Arts Review undertook recently. Over the next […]
A return to an old favourite – the Dulwich Picture Gallery – now that I live in South East London once more. And a chance to explore Unearthed: Photography’s Roots, an interesting if rather academic photographic exhibition. Revisiting the Dulwich Picture Gallery It’s been a while since I visited the Dulwich Picture Gallery! It is […]
A review of a visit to the Horniman Museum, including their temporary exhibition An Ode to Afrosurrealism. In which I think the Horniman have done a pretty good job of modernising the ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’/ethnographic museum format. Tell Me About The Horniman Museum So the Horniman Museum is interesting in terms of London’s museum landscape. […]
A review of Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle, a photography retrospective with a political and indigenous rights agenda. Beautiful and haunting, Andujar’s work is more important now than it has been in several decades. Who Are The Yanomami? “Ah yes, the Yanomami” said my other half when I came home after seeing this exhibition. “Everyone […]
A review of the RA’s new show of iPad paintings by David Hockney. I found them to be pleasant but not something I would write home about. David Hockney: Still Going Strong The Royal Academy have been a steady contributor to London’s exhibition scene in the last year despite all the trials and tribulations of […]
A review of the V&A’s Alice in Wonderland-themed summer exhibition. A blockbuster without the crowds (at least when I visited)! Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser This exhibition at the V&A has been highly anticipated. Including by me, who had tickets earlier in the year which I had to reschedule when dates kept shifting. So it was […]
