A pairing of exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery introduces me to two artists whose audiences are at the forefront of their work. Whether they sit successfully in dialogue is another question. A Pair of Exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery On a recent trip to the Whitechapel Gallery in East London I had the opportunity to […]
Michael Craig-Martin fills the Royal Academy‘s main galleries with a riot of colour in a full-scale career retrospective. Sir Michael Craig-Martin, RA If you’re looking for an exhibition to combat the oncoming gloom of the colder months, this might just be the thing. Sir Michael Craig-Martin, a Royal Academician known for his brightly coloured paintings […]
The Dulwich Picture Gallery‘s latest exhibition Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking showcases an artistic and technically interesting dynasty in its own floating world. Introducing the Yoshida Family It’s my own fault, really. I shouldn’t leave exhibitions to the last minute. So if my experience at the Dulwich Picture Gallery was a very crowded one, […]
Time in a Bottle by Leon Ko combines music with dioramas and scent to create a truly multisensory experience. Time in a Bottle Last week I had the great fortune to be in Hong Kong at the same time as HKPAX, the Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo, was taking place. Even more exciting, this is […]
A small-scale exhibition at the Garden Museum, Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors encourages visitors to reframe this literary group through a subject near to their hearts: their gardens. Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors On one of the last warm days of summer, I decided to treat myself to a museum day with a bit of […]
Tate Modern’s exhibition Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider is a great opportunity to see a significant part of the Lenbachhaus collection on loan from Munich. But as an exhibition it only really gets going towards the end. Let’s Start at the Beginning: Expressionism Unless you’re new here you know the Salterton Arts Review […]
An exhibition on Sikh leader Ranjit Singh is an opportunity to learn more about a period of history little known in the UK, while Flora Yukhnovich’s paintings add a bright contemporary note to the Wallace Collection’s historic walls. Indian Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection It’s been much longer than I realised since I’ve […]
A relatively simple display of artistic commissions, Raise the Roof: Building for Change enables RIBA to confront some of the more problematic aspects of its history as manifested in the decoration of its London headquarters. RIBA and Colonialism/Imperialism Architecture isn’t neutral. Let’s start there. Buildings serve a functional purpose. They also convey information to us. […]
If you can’t get to Chandigarh, the Gallery of Everything’s current exhibition A Summer of Gods and Goddesses is the next best place to discover the work of Nek Chand Saini. Nek Chand Saini and the Rock Garden of Chandigarh When I visited the V&A’s exhibition on Tropical Modernism recently, one story stood out. Sure, […]
The Serpentine’s exhibition on Judy Chicago focuses on a hitherto unpublished manuscript, perhaps to the detriment of the artist’s wider oeuvre. Judy Chicago Perhaps a little sooner than planned (there was a theatre scheduling incident, don’t ask), I am back to tell you about the other summer exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery. The last one, […]
