Exhibitions

decentering in Ceramics

Curated by Giulia Pollicita 28 Feb - 22 Apr 2023 Rome Richard Saltoun Gallery presents decentering in Ceramics, a group show that celebrates the artistic value of ceramics – historically considered a minor, decorative art – and highlights its expressive possibilities through the work of eight women artists. From the proto-conceptual experiments of Nedda Guidi and Franca Maranò , two key... Read more

Antigone

Women in Fibre art 31 Jan - 24 Mar 2023 London Richard Saltoun Gallery is delighted to inaugurate the 2023 exhibition programme with Antigone: Women in Fibre Art, a group show celebrating the rich Eastern European textile art tradition. Focusing on gallery artists Jagoda Buić – who recently passed away - and Barbara Levittoux-Świderska , the exhibition will situate their pivotal... Read more

Roman Allegories & Greek Mythologies

Eleanor Antin & Giorgio de Chirico 10 Jan - 18 Feb 2023 Rome Richard Saltoun Gallery is delighted to present Roman Allegories & Greek Mythologies, a landmark exhibition presenting two seminal series of works: Roman Allegories, by the pioneering American feminist artist Eleanor Antin; and Mythologies, by the father of the Italian Metafisica Giorgio de Chirico. Albeit different in form, the two bodies... Read more

On Sexuality

Helen Chadwick & Penny Slinger 6 Dec 2022 - 21 Jan 2023 London On Sexuality presents the early, iconic works of Helen Chadwick and Penny Slinger . Widely considered among the most influential artists in British contemporary art, in the 1970s Chadwick and Slinger broke all taboos and conventions with their bold, visceral works that explored female subjectivity, especially in relation to sexual... Read more

Organised Killing

100 years of war and genocide 10 Oct - 26 Nov 2022 London Richard Saltoun Gallery presents Organised Killing , a landmark exhibition retracing the history of modern conflict from 1914 to the present-day war in Ukraine through the personal accounts of 13 international artists. Drawing its inspiration from the celebrated exhibition Face a L'Histoire at the Centre Pompidou in 1996, the exhibition... Read more

Haptic Vision

Rosa LEE and Jo BRUTON 20 Aug - 1 Oct 2022 London Private View: 14 September 6:30 pm Richard Saltoun Gallery presents Haptic Vision, a major exhibition dedicated to trailblazing feminist artists Rosa Lee and Jo Bruton , which puts into focus their massive influence on the UK’s abstract and feminist art of the 1980s & 90s. It is the first time... Read more

Born from Earth

Women in Ceramics 5 Jul - 13 Aug 2022 London Richard Saltoun Gallery presents an all-women group show bringing together ceramics by 11 contemporary artists, from pioneers of the medium to young artists who keep pushing it forward. The exhibition features a bespoke display designed by Lisa Chan, founder of London-based creative studio It’s a Local Collective, which will transform... Read more

Romina De Novellis

Tales from the South 7 - 26 Jun 2022 London PERFORMANCE TIMES: Mon–Fri, 2–6 pm Sat, all day Sunday 26 June, all day Please book your place for the performance 24 hours in advance by emailing the date and time you intend to visit to rsvp@richardsaltoun.com . Richard Saltoun Gallery is delighted to present the first solo show in the... Read more

Bice Lazzari

Modernist Pioneer 17 May - 22 Jul 2022 Rome Guided Tour with Renato Miracco , Tuesday 28 June. RSVP to rome@richardsaltoun.com to attend. Richard Saltoun Gallery is delighted to present a museum-scale exhibition of the pioneering abstractionist Bice LAZZARI , a new major retrospective in Rome following MACRO’s in 2011. Organised in collaboration with Archivio Bice Lazzari, Rome, the... Read more

Everlyn NICODEMUS

12 Apr - 28 May 2022 London Richard Saltoun Gallery presents a major solo exhibition of African diaspora artist Everlyn Nicodemus (b. 1954), her first with the gallery. The exhibition marks Nicodemus' first solo show in London in over 15 years and brings together a selection of works spanning 40 years, including unseen paintings from The Wedding... Read more

Bertina LOPES

9 Mar - 7 May 2022 Rome Richard Saltoun Gallery inaugurates its programming in Rome with a special solo exhibition of works from the estate of Mozambican-Italian painter Bertina LOPES (1924–2012). Considered the mother of contemporary African painting, Lopes was one of the earliest pioneers to bridge the gap between African and European art. Her work has... Read more

The Conquest of Space

On Hannah Arendt 15 Feb - 2 Apr 2022 London The last exhibition in Richard Saltoun Gallery's 14-month series inspired by the political philosopher Hannah Arendt will feature works by Sylvia PLIMACK MANGOLD (b. 1938), Elaine REICHEK (b. 1943), Carey YOUNG (b. 1970). Read more

Truth and Politics

On Hannah Arendt 1 Dec 2021 - 5 Feb 2022 London The seventh exhibition in Richard Saltoun Gallery's year-long series inspired by the political philosopher Hannah Arendt will display two historically significant artworks by ULAY (Frank Uwe Laysiepen, 1943-2020) and Allan SEKULA (1951-2013), together with three specially commissioned new sculptures by Aleksandra DOMANOVIĆ (b. 1981). The essay “Truth and Politics” is... Read more

Wilma Woolf

Domestic 25 - 27 Nov 2021 London In honour of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women we present Domestic, an installation by Wilma WOOLF documenting all the women that have been killed in the UK at the hands of male violence since 2013. This incredibly important work by Wilma WOOLF consists of eight... Read more

Florence Peake

Sequel 17 - 20 Nov 2021 In honour and in support of Florence PEAKE’s performance at The National Gallery, on 10 December 2021, Richard Saltoun presents 'Sequel', a temporary exhibition & happening at 41 Dover Street. Opening November 17th , this show presents a series of interrelated works by Peake dating from 2014 to 2020. These... Read more

The Crisis in Culture

On Hannah Arendt 28 Sep - 13 Nov 2021 London Looking at the social and political implications of what Arendt understands as a Crisis in Culture, the sixth exhibition in our 'On Hannah Arendt' program features a selection of drawings by Renate BERTLMANN, Annette MESSAGER's soft sculptures and an installation by Pamela ROSENKRANZ. Read more

The Crisis in Education

On Hannah Arendt 10 Aug - 18 Sep 2021 London 'On Hannah Arendt: The Crisis in Education' is the fifth exhibition in Richard Saltoun Gallery's year-long series dedicated to the political thinker. The show will feature a joint presentation between two female artists known for their embrace of photography, including Eleanor ANTIN and Siân DAVEY. Read more

What is Freedom?

On Hannah Arendt 15 Jun - 31 Jul 2021 London The fourth exhibition in Richard Saltoun Gallery's year-long series inspired by the political philosopher Hannah Arendt is a solo presentation by the Israeli artist, feminist theorist, psychanalyst and philosopher BRACHA. Read more

What is Authority?

On Hannah Arendt 26 Apr - 6 Jun 2021 London The third exhibition in Richard Saltoun Gallery's year-long series of exhibitions inspired by Hannah Arendt explores the political philosopher's essay 'What is Authority?' The group presentation features work by Lili DUJOURIE, Everlyn NICODEMUS and Lerato SHADI. Read more

The Concept of History

On Hannah Arendt 8 Mar - 16 Apr 2021 London The second exhibition in the gallery's 12-month programme dedicated to Hannah Arendt, 'The Concept of History' features a solo presentation by the British photomontage artist Peter KENNARD. Read more