25/02/2012
my5newfriends

My Five New Friends – Reviewed

Linda Pitwood on an exhibition blurring the lines between Facebook friends, stalkers, and stalkees…. There are, in effect, two exhibitions currently showing in The Royal Standard’s unheated but perfectly formed gallery space. One...

24/02/2012
Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman, Modern Lover

This weekend sees an influential yet almost unsung hero take to the stage at The Kazimier… Geek, nerd, cry-baby, straight; just some of the nicer things Jonathan Richman has no doubt had shouted...

24/02/2012
Portrait of Leckey next to BigBoxIndustrialAction

Mark Leckey: Work and Leisure

We chat to the Turner Prize winning artist Mark Leckey about northerness, infamy and the Liverpool Biennial… Mark Leckey is not really ready to be interviewed. Sleeves rolled up and kneeling on the...

21/02/2012
Orpheus 2008, detail, Charline von Heyl

Painting’s Not Dead: Charline von Heyl

There’s a new exhibition opening at Tate Liverpool this week, and shhh, it features a living painter… It’s fitting perhaps that in the lead-up to this year’s John Moores Painting Prize, Tate Liverpool...

20/02/2012
Emily Lansley

Culture Diary w/c 20-02-2012

Monday 20 – The MEN @ The Kazimier plus support from Police Squad, The Temps & Being Jo Francis, 7:30pm, £7.50 OTD   With a forthcoming LP, Open Your Heart, due for release...

19/02/2012
Map of Liverpool and Birkenhead

No Map for This Territory

Ahead of the Bluecoat’s forthcoming exhibition entitled Topophobia, C James Fagan attempts to plot a course through the fraught landscape of the 21st century… Where do you come from? It sounds like an...

17/02/2012
Tee Comp

Tee Comp: The Shortlist

After much squabbling and the odd standoff, we’ve made our decision! Yes, here are the final ten shortlisted Tee Comp designs. The response has been amazing; there really are many talented artists out...

16/02/2012
The War On Drugs

Fighting the good fight: The War On Drugs

Americana rebooted in the form of The War On Drugs stops off at The Kazimier next week, we give you the low-down on a band whose star is on the rise… Coming to...

15/02/2012
Jan Villa, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Edge Hill

Ann Arbor Film Festival – Reviewed

Edge Hill brings the legendary Ann Arbor Film Festival to the North West, something of a coup, says Rachael Jones… Short films aren’t what they used to be. For every 10-minute masterpiece there...