Exhibitions

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

The Modern Age

On Hannah Arendt 11 Jan - 26 Feb 2021 London 'The Modern Age' is the first in a 12-month programme of exhibitions 'On Hannah Arendt' dedicated to the writings of the German-born, American political philosopher. The inaugural exhibition links together Arendt's understanding of knowledge and thinking with remembrance and storytelling – the kind of thinking present in the work of participating artists Siah ARMAJANI, Thomas BAYRLE, Véronique FILOZOF, Vivienne KOORLAND and Jo SPENCE, who collectively combine imagination, courage and independence. New sound pieces by Laima Leyton also accompany the show online. Read more

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