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 […]
A visit to Swedenborg House in Bloomsbury. In which I encounter an interesting project by the Royal College of Art, as well as an unusual London society. The Bloomsbury Festival Leads Me In New Directions Between this exhibition and Not Without My Ghosts which I saw recently at the Drawing Room, I’m on a roll; […]
A review of the Gallery of Everything and their exhibition The Everlasting Mission of Sister Gertrude Morgan. In which I fall in love with the gallery space, and have a fabulous time admiring Sister Gertrude’s artworks. A Foray Into Commercial Gallery Reviews for some Outsider Art The Salterton Arts Review doesn’t often (ever?) review commercial […]
A review of the Grayson Perry exhibition at the Holburne Museum, Bath. In which the temporary exhibition is small but interesting, while the rest of the museum is strangely lacking in character. A Note On Today’s Review Of The Holburne Museum Normally, when I am reviewing a museum and its temporary exhibition for the Covid […]
A review of the exhibition Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage at Somerset House. In which the photography on view is interesting, but the ‘pay what you can’ suggestions are steep. Pay What You Can? Let’s Just Call it a Donation Leila Alaoui: Rite of Passage at Somerset House is a very small exhibition. So before […]
