A brand new museum in a new arts district in Lausanne, the Musée Cantonal Des Beaux-Arts takes a walk through Swiss art history. Plateforme 10 My recent visit to Lausanne was my first. Had I been there on previous trips to Switzerland, I would have missed out on seeing a brand new cultural district in […]
Lausanne’s Fondation de l’Hermitage is a pleasant museum in tranquil surroundings. Their exhibition Vuillard and the Art of Japan takes a comprehensive look at the impact 19th Century japonisme had on the artist’s work. La Fondation De L’Hermitage On my recent visit to Lausanne, I wasn’t quite sure which institutions I was going to visit. […]
Jean Dubuffet’s gift to the city of Lausanne, the Collection de l’Art Brut is a must-see for anyone with an interest in art outside the cultural mainstream. La Collection De L’Art Brut Long-time Salterton Arts Review followers will know I have a particular interest in so-called Outsider Art. More on nomenclature in a moment but […]
A small and intriguing exhibition pulled mostly from the Courtauld’s own collection, Art and Artifice dives into the world of artistic fakes and forgeries. The Courtauld Owns Fakes? Put simply, yes. Most major institutions probably do, whether they know it or not. Not just the ones with Old Masters, either: most fakes produced today are […]
A broad undertaking, A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography brings together artists from across the African continent to explore points of commonality and difference. A World In Common: Contemporary African Photography Now here is a Tate exhibition I can get on board with. Although I really liked Isaac Julien: What Freedom is to Me […]
Today’s post is a personal response in lieu of a review of A Strange Loop, on at the Barbican after its Broadway run. A Not-Review Of A Strange Loop This is not a review. I thought long and hard about it, but my thoughts on A Strange Loop are more complex than a typical review […]
The Barbican’s timely survey of Carrie Mae Weems’ work is a perfect introduction for UK audiences to Weems’ immense talent and reflections on the Black experience. Carrie Mae Weems This is the third monographic exhibition of a female artist’s work in a row for the Barbican. Late last year we had Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics, […]
A new play about an unjustly obscure figure from history, Dr Semmelweis combines innovative staging with solid performances. Too Much Of A Good Thing? I hate to say this: I may be Mark Rylance-d out… For years Rylance has been an actor I would go to see in any production (with one exception – my […]
Will a chance encounter lead to closure for Miles and Florence, or the reopening of old wounds? Where We Are Now poses this question in a short work by Blue Room Theatre Company. Where We Are Now In the intimate confines of the Annka Kultys Gallery, between Hoxton and Victoria Park, the Blue Room Theatre […]
In a competitive world of children’s birthday party entertainment, who will come out on top in String v SPITTA? Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Ed MacArthur take us all back to childhood to find out. String v SPITTA Well, what a revelation. Who would have thought that the funniest, cleverest show I’ve seen in a while would […]
