Exhibitions

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

WOMEN LOOK AT WOMEN

15 Feb - 29 Mar 2018 London WOMEN LOOK AT WOMEN, curated by Paolo Ugolini, inaugurates Richard Saltoun Gallery's new space on 41 Dover Street. The group exhibition explores feminine identity through the work of thirteen internationally renowned female artists, with each work on show reflecting a different aspect of the relationship women have with their own bodies and how they judge and respond to the physicality of other women.
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Eleanor ANTIN

Romans & Kings 22 Sep - 26 Oct 2017 London Richard Saltoun Gallery proudly presents 'Eleanor ANTIN: Romans & Kings', the first exhibition in London of the pioneering American Feminist filmmaker, performance and conceptual artist. Her debut exhibition at at the gallery consists of recent and historical works from two of Antin’s most iconic bodies of work, including 'Helen’s Odyssey' (2007) and 'The Last Days of Pompeii' (2002). Read more

Franciszka THEMERSON

21 Jul - 15 Sep 2017 London Franciszka THEMERSON's first exhibition with the gallery explores her artistic obsession with the play 'Ubu Roi' by Aldred Jarry, which was immediately banned after its first performance in Paris in 1896. The work set the stage for the dawn of Modernism and paved the work for Dadaism, Surrealism and the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’ – not forgetting the extraordinary work of this incredible Polish artist. Read more

Dom Sylvester HOUÉDARD

Typestracts 26 May - 14 Jul 2017 London Richard Saltoun Gallery presents a rare solo exhibition of the British monk Dom Sylvester HOUÉDARD, a seminal counter-culture figure of 1960s London. The exhibition, curated by Andy Hunt, is the first in London in almost 50 years. Read more

Edgardo Antonio VIGO

Un arte a realizar [An art in becoming] 3 Apr - 19 May 2017 London Richard Saltoun Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in the UK dedicated to Argentinian artist Edgardo Antonio VIGO, a pivotal figure of the '60s and '70s South American avant-garde and subject of a solo exhibition at MoMA, New York in 2014. Read more

INTEGRATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH

3 Feb - 24 Mar 2017 London This exhibition celebrates British Concrete Poetry from 1960 until 1980, with many works never before seen in the UK. Featured artists include Henri Chopin, Bob Cobbing, Kenelm Cox, Tom Edmonds, John Furnival, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Peter Mayer, Charles Verey and Edward Wright. The exhibition has been curated by Andrew Hunt. Read more

Renate BERTLMANN

Höhepunkte [Two Climaxes] 2 Dec 2016 - 27 Jan 2017 London Censored throughout her career, Renate BERTLMANN's first solo exhibition in the UK displays three of the artist's most controversial works, exhibited alongside vintage photographs and drawings from the 1970s, illustrating her unique sensitivity to material and female tropes. Read more

LI Yuan-chia

Spotlight 4 Oct - 25 Nov 2016 London Richard Saltoun Gallery presents a solo stand at Frieze Masters Spotlight with pioneer Chinese abstract artist Li Yuan-chia. On this occasion the Gallery will simultaneously hold a retrospective exhibition dedicated to Li Yuan-chia at their gallery in Great Titchfield Street, London W1. Read more

Some Dimensions of my Lunch: Part 4

1 - 28 Sep 2016 London Part four of the gallery's series of exhibitions devoted to Conceptual art made in Britain between the 1960s and 1970s. The final exhibition brings together two artists: Ed HERRING, a land artist who first gained attention in the 1960s for his 'environmental statements'; and Roger PALMER, who combines photograph and text to subvert the traditional view of landscape. Read more

Some Dimensions of my Lunch: Part 3

29 Jul - 26 Aug 2016 London This exhibition with Tony MORGAN and John BLAKE forms the third in the gallery's four-part series of 'Some Dimensions of my Lunch: Conceptual Art in Britain.' The show focuses on the two innovative and experimental filmmakers, known also for their early photo-conceptual works.
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Some Dimensions of my Lunch: Part 2

24 Jun - 22 Jul 2016 London Richard Saltoun Gallery announces an exhibition by the conceptual and feminist artist, Marie YATES. One of a handful of women artists making conceptual works during the 1970s, this is Marie Yates' first exhibition in a commercial gallery. Read more

Some Dimensions of my Lunch: Part 1

19 May - 17 Jun 2016 London Richard Saltoun Gallery's first exhibition in its four-part series examining the history of Conceptual art in Britain between the 1960s and 1970s begins with a solo show devoted to the Conceptual artist Roelof LOUW. The exhibition brings together two of the artist's most important works. Read more

Shelagh WAKELY

Spaces Between Things 1 Apr - 13 May 2016 London 'Shelagh Wakely: spaces between things' celebrates the work of experimental and influential British artist Shelagh Wakely, an artist whose international artistic connections defined her practice, yet who remains undeservedly neglected in her home country. Read more

JO SPENCE

The Final Project 11 Feb - 24 Mar 2016 London 'Jo Spence: The Final Project' is an exhibition of the work of British photographer Jo SPENCE produced in the last two years of her life before her death from leukaemia in 1992. Curated by David Campany, the show coincides with the BP Spotlight display of Spence's work at Tate. Read more

Victor BURGIN

UK76 4 Dec 2015 - 5 Feb 2016 London The year 2016 is the 40th anniversary of Victor BURGIN's seminal photo-text series 'UK76'. To mark the occasion, the gallery will present the work in its entirety and the form in which Burgin's works of the 1960s and 1970s were originally shown: pasted directly to the wall and scraped off at the end of the exhibition. Read more

THE BODY AS LANGUAGE

Women and Performance 9 Oct - 27 Nov 2015 London 'The Body As Language: Women And Performance' examines the birth and development of performance art in relation to gender, the body, language and the expression of the self. Focusing on women artists working in Italy during the '70s, the exhibition features work by Gina PANE, Ketty La ROCCA, Susan SANTORO and Renate BERTLMANN, together with the archival photographs of the dance performances of Trisha BROWN, Simone FORTI and Yvonne RAINER. Read more