As Barbara Rose observed, Hoptman’s show would have looked more at home at an art fair or gallery – shorn of museum expectations of an historical perspective and the main difference here is that Salle confines his preferences to an abstract/figurative interface and more gestural or painterly options and looks altogether more knowing for not trying to cram too much in. It’s a shame his show is also is largely New York-centric, but for a gallery show this is only practical and the selection is surely intended to echo Salle’s own circle.

It’s good to see a ‘critic’ walk the walk and put his talk into action and all the more interesting for being an established painter into the bargain. There wasn’t a lot here that really surprised me, but the selection and hang were undeniably well judged.