A review of the Southbank Centre’s socially distanced winter display of light-based art. Much smaller-scale than Canary Wharf’s offering, but perhaps more interesting for it. You Found Another Outdoor Light/Art Exhibition? Yes I did, thanks for noticing! Shortly after visiting Connected by Light at Canary Wharf, I noticed the Southbank Centre had undertaken something similar. […]
A review of Connected by Light at Canary Wharf. In which I am pleased to find some outdoor art to enjoy! One of the few cultural outlets available to Londoners in these cold winter months is this display of nine light artworks on the Canary Wharf estate. Connected By Light. An Art Installation I Can […]
A review of Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch: The Loneliness of the Soul at the Royal Academy. An interesting exhibition. £17 is a steep ask for three small rooms, especially when the RA’s social distancing wasn’t as good as previously. But given it looks like the entire in-person run will be less than two weeks, […]
A visit to the Imperial War Museum/IWM between lockdowns, including a work by Ai Weiwei and exhibitions on refugees. In which the temporary exhibitions really made me think but the Ai Weiwei was a tad over-hyped What Can You See at the IWM, Aside From Ai Weiwei? I’m pretty sure the last time I was […]
How can a painter be modern? Let me count the ways while visiting Turner’s Modern World for this review. Turner and Modernity One of the last cultural outings I squeezed in to review before Lockdown 2.0 was Turner’s Modern World. You may remember that I had been to Tate Britain a couple of months ago […]
My first foray into the Barbican Curve yields a resolutely futuristic ancient mythology from Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. Toyin Ojih Odutola at the Barbican Curve This exhibition is totally different than anything else I saw in 2020. Both in terms of the medium and the works themselves, but also in terms of the concept […]
A look back at the things I did manage to see despite all the obstacles of 2020, as the Salterton Arts Review counts down the top five highlights of the year. The Salterton Arts Review in 2020 2020, what a year. I can’t say anything that hasn’t been said already about it, so I won’t […]
Review of the exhibition Sin at the National Gallery. So much more relaxing to visit the permanent gallery spaces than the paid exhibitions! A Successful Trip to the National Gallery! Finally, I’ve managed a post-lockdown/semi-lockdown outing to the National Gallery without finding it overwhelming. The difference is that this time, unlike when I saw Titian […]
A visit to the Sir John Soane’s Museum to see the exhibition Langlands & Bell: Degrees of Truth. In which the staff make all the difference in a space that is not made for distancing. After Pitzhanger, the Salterton Arts Review visits Sir John Soane’s Museum This is not my first visit to Sir John […]
A review of the Barbican exhibition on Michael Clark. Another great exhibition that I could only see the Barbican putting on. The Barbican: London’s Home of Avant Garde Exhibitions I really love seeing exhibitions about artists I’m not at all familiar with, and this was no exception. The Barbican is particularly good for these exhibitions […]
