Exhibitions

On Hannah Arendt

Eight proposals for exhibition 1 Jan 2021 - 26 Mar 2022 London 'On Hannah Arendt: Eight Proposals for Exhibition' looks to one of the most important thinkers of the post-war generation to confront some of the most pressing socio-political issues of our time.

From January until December 2021, 'On Hannah Arendt' will feature eight exhibitions that seek to explore the questions put forth in the eight chapters of Arendt’s book 'Between Past and Future: Eight Exercises in Political Thought.' The entire programme features over 20 international artists, including Siah ARMAJANI, Lili DUJOURIE, Peter KENNARD, Vivienne KOORLAND, Everlyn NICODEMUS, Lerato SHADI, ULAY and more. Read more

Our inheritance was left to us by no testament

12 Nov - 19 Dec 2020 London A prelude to the gallery’s 12-month programme 'On Hannah Arendt', launching in January 2021, this exhibition looks to the preface of the political philosopher’s 1968 publication Between Past and Future, which opens with an aphorism by the French poet René Char: “Notre héritage n'est précédé d'aucun testament,” or as Arendt translates, "our inheritance was left to us by no testament."

Taking this quote as a point of departure, the group exhibition speaks to possibilities in art without testament, without tradition, situated and grown out of particular moments in history and the individual narrative of each exhibited artist. Featuring work by Alina SZAPOCZNIKOW, Barbara LEVITTOUX-ŚWIDERSKA, Renate BERTLMANN, Bela KOLAROVA, Jagoda BUIĆ, Jolanta OWIDZKA and Erna ROSENSTEIN, the exhibition includes a mixture of paintings, works on paper, tapestry, sculpture and mixed media assemblages from the 1960s to the 1980s. Read more

Bob LAW

Ideas, Energies, Transmutations 3 Sep - 31 Oct 2020 London Richard Saltoun Gallery opens to the public for the first time in six months with an exhibition of work by the British conceptual artist Bob LAW (b. 1934 – d. 2004). Read more

Annegret Soltau

Spider 21 Feb - 1 Aug 2020 London Since the beginning of her career in the 1970s, Annegret SOLTAU has championed an experimental approach to art, challenging the conventional notions of representation through performance, photography and collage. While the focus of Soltau’s work never ventures far from the female body and its bodily processes, often incorporating images of... Read more

Maternality

Part 2 10 Jan - 15 Feb 2020 London The second exhibition exploring themes of maternal experience, ‘Maternality,’ reflects on the etymological root of the word mother and its close relationship with material matter, the very substance from which the universe is created (in Latin mater/materia). The maternal body itself has been a productive medium for artists to mine... Read more

Matrescence

Part 1 15 Nov - 21 Dec 2019 London Catherine McCormack, academic and expert in the field of maternal themes in art, curates a two-part exhibition exploring maternal experience and subjectivity. Read more

Feminism in Italian Contemporary Art

2 Oct - 9 Nov 2019 London In a special collaboration with Marinella SENATORE and gallery artist Silvia GIAMBRONE, this exhibition brings together two leading artists to explore Feminism in Italian Contemporary Art. Curated by Paola Ugolini, the exhibition is a visual representation of struggle, resistance and growing awareness in the belief that art can trigger a constructive dialogue–overcoming differences in gender, class, race and religion. Read more

Made Routes

Mapping and Making 30 Aug - 26 Sep 2019 London ‘Made Routes: Mapping and Making,’ curated by acclaimed academic and art historian Tamar Garb, brings together the work of two South African artists, Vivienne KOORLAND and Berni SEARLE. The encounter between them speaks to their shared artistic concerns and their participation in the landmark exhibition ‘Trade Routes: History + Geography’ at the 1997 2nd Johannesburg Biennale, organised under the artistic directorship of the late Okwui Enwezor (1963–2019) to whom this exhibition is dedicated. Read more

Penny SLINGER

Tantric Transformations 29 Jun - 24 Aug 2019 London A self-proclaimed “Feminist Surrealist”, the work of London-born, LA-based artist Penny SLINGER combines the mythical qualities of Surrealism with the radical feminism of the 1970s – all underpinned by her long-standing interest in erotica, pleasure and the reclamation of the female body. The exhibition at Richard Saltoun – her first with the gallery – celebrates the artist’s interest and development of Tantric art, featuring collages from the mid-1970s, Xerox body prints, vintage and new photographs created especially for the show. Read more

Gina PANE

Action Psyché 30 May - 22 Jun 2019 London Gina Pane was instrumental to the development of the international Body Art movement, contributing a unique and corporeal language marked by ritual, symbolism and catharsis. Coming from the archives of the Galerie Rodolphe Stadler, the Parisian gallery of Pane who were themselves revolutionary in their presentation of avant-garde performance art, her exhibition at Richard Saltoun Gallery celebrates the artist’s pioneering career with a focus on the actions for which she is best known. Read more

Lili DUJOURIE

Ballade 18 Apr - 25 May 2019 London The Belgian artist Lili DUJOURIE rose to prominence in the late 1960s, emerging as a key force in the Feminist avant-garde movement of the time. Dujourie’s exhibition at Richard Saltoun Gallery – her first show with the gallery and her first exhibition in London in over twenty years – focuses on her relationship with nature, specifically the poetry and art it evokes. The exhibition features sculptures made from clay, the essence of the earth, as well as a recent series of papier-mâché sculptures that explore the artist’s long-standing interest in plants and their healing qualities. Read more

Rose ENGLISH

Form, Feminisms, Femininities 1 Mar - 13 Apr 2019 London 'Form, Feminisms, Femininities' is Rose ENGLISH's first solo exhibition with Richard Saltoun Gallery. The exhibition shines light on two moments from the early stages of the artist's career, beginning with her experimentation with emergent processes and materials as a young artist in the early 1970s and culminating with a focus on her 1983 performance 'Plato's Chair'. Read more

100% Women

1 Mar 2019 - 1 Mar 2020 London From March 2019 to March 2020, Richard Saltoun Gallery dedicated 100% of its exhibition and art fair programme to women artists. Titled 100% Women, the initiative was implemented to address the gender inequality that persists in the art world and encourage wider industry action through debate, dialogue and collaboration. It is now a leader in its representation of female artists, from avant-garde pioneers of the 1960s and ‘70s to a younger generation of female artists working today. It continues to support female artists through extensive research, partnerships and solo presentations at the gallery and online. Read more

ULAY

11 Jan - 23 Feb 2019 London ULAY is an unclassifiable artist whose trajectory amounts to a radically and historically unique oeuvre operating at the intersection of photography and the conceptually-oriented approaches of Performance and Body art. His first exhibition with Richard Saltoun Gallery, and his first in London since 2013, focuses on the artist's remarkable photography and his long-standing commitment to exploring and expanding the medium. Read more

Gustavo PÉREZ MONZÓN

Rosa de Cancio 23 Nov 2018 - 5 Jan 2019 London The Cuban artist Gustavo PÉREZ MONZÓN returns from a a near 40-year hiatus from making art with an exhibition of new work at Richard Saltoun Gallery. The exhibition marks the artist’s UK debut and features a new installation of materials suspended in space, created specifically for the gallery’s location on Dover Street. The installation will be presented alongside a selection of works on board all created within the last year. Read more

Eliseo MATTIACCI

Roma 3 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 London Richard Saltoun Gallery's first solo exhibition of work by Italian sculptor Eliseo MATTIACCI presents one of the artist’s most important and dramatic sculptures of his career: 'Roma'. Conceived in 1980-81, this momentous installation comprises 58 moulded aluminium volutes, occupying the three rooms of the gallery in dialogue with its Georgian architecture. Read more

Victor BURGIN

Voyage to Italy 31 Aug - 29 Sep 2018 London Victor BURGIN's exhibition at Richard Saltoun Gallery features his series 'Voyage to Italy', marking the first time this significant work has been exhibited in the UK in its entirety. Inspired by the photograph 'Basilica', created in 1864 by the Neapolitan photographer Carlo Fratacci, the exhibition features a suite of three works: a single-screen video with voice-over and two photo-text works. Read more

AKTION

Conceptual Art & Photography (1960 - 1980) 13 Jul - 17 Aug 2018 London This exhibitions explores the global Conceptual art movement over two decades of photography, through the work of 26 artists from 13 countries. The presentation investigates different conceptual uses of photography within practices dealing with Feminism, political activism, performance and social critique.

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VOCALIZING

Tomaso Binga & Greta Schödl 31 May - 7 Jul 2018 London The joint exhibition 'Vocalizing' focuses on the written word used, with very different outcomes, by artists Tomaso BINGA and Greta SCHÖDL. The exhibition has been curated by Paola Ugolini and features work from the beginning of their careers dating from the 1970s. Read more

Paulo BRUSCKY

The Gallery Will Be Fumigated of Art 6 Apr - 26 May 2018 London Paulo Bruscky's first solo exhibition in London offers a unique opportunity to explore the Brazilian artist's unique and radical artistic language through a display of over 200 works, crossing all media, created between the late 1960s until today. The exhibition follows a recent survey of his work at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and his inclusion in Viva Arte Viva at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Read more