Industrial Scale Art and Heritage at Saltaire
In Brief. Saltaire is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, consisting of a huge former mill adjacent to a model village and park from Victorian times. The mill, known as Salts Mill, has been redeveloped to provide art and retail spaces, anchored by a substantial collection of David Hockney 's typically vibrant and accessible artworks. The mill also hosts a restaurant, a cafe and a variety of shops, with an emphasis on art and books, in sensitively repurposed spaces. The village and park are also worth a visit, though the mill is the centre of gravity. The chimney at Salts Mill What's Here? The intimidating scale of the mill is diluted on entry to the ground floor 1853 Gallery , which hosts the world's largest permanent collection of David Hockney's work. This all sounds quite serious, but it is a decidedly unpretentious space, which the artworks share with art supplies and books for sale on tables in the middle. The David Hockney works here include portraits and assorted repr...