Martin Gayford

Sculpture Victorious at Tate Britain reviewed: entertainingly barmy

Plus: Salt and Silver, also at Tate Britain, is an exhibition that proves that some of the earliest photographs ever taken were the best

issue 28 February 2015
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  • Sculpture Victorious

    Tate Britain, until 25 May

  • Salt and Silver: Early Photography 1840–1860

    Tate Britain, until 7 June

In the centre of the new exhibition Sculpture Victorious at Tate Britain there is a huge white elephant. The beast is not, I should add, entirely colourless. On the contrary, it has a howdah richly decorated in gold and green, and numerous trappings, and tassels covering its pale grey hide.

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