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: […]
Stereotypes about London’s Latinx community are well and truly subverted in heist caper-meets-identity politics piece My Uncle is Not Pablo Escobar. My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar If you are going to make space onstage for Latinx women in South East London, you might as well enjoy yourself. My Uncle is Not Pablo Escobar at […]
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 visit to Vienna provided an opportunity to compare the museums devoted to the life and work of Sigmund Freud. Branching Out From the Habsburgs The anti-imperialists amongst you can rejoice! After visiting the Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Kaisergruft and the Prunksaal (State Room of the Austrian National Library), we are done with Viennese cultural institutions […]
Today we see the jewel in the crown of Austria’s national library: the Prunksaal, or State Room. A Slight Miscalculation, But We Went With It Today’s post continues in the Habsburg theme of the Salterton Arts Review’s trip to Vienna. We started with the Kunsthistorisches Museum, whose collections come from centuries of imperial art collecting. […]
Today we get up close and personal with the Habsburgs at Vienna’s Imperial Crypt, otherwise known as the Kaisergruft or Kapuzinergruft. Vienna’s Kaisergruft One thing about taking a trip in the winter is that, well, it’s cold. Where you might sit in a square in the summertime and watch the world go by, in the […]
The Habsburgs’ Imperial collection is the basis for the Kunsthistorisches Museum, a great first stop for visitors who want an introduction to art, history and power in Vienna. What to Pick First in Vienna? Late last year, the Urban Geographer and I decided that we needed some Christmas markets in our lives. Or I decided, […]
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 […]
A chance reunion is not as accidental as it seems in The Dawn of Reckoning, a quietly unsettling two-hander that lets its secrets surface slowly over the course of a long night. The Dawn of Reckoning Director Matthew Parker is a dab hand at two-handers (see Trestle at the Jack Studio Theatre, which also featured […]
