A trawl through some of Tate’s most significant collected works, Constellations is a re-hang with a difference… Amid the perpetual revolving door-like turnover of blockbuster exhibitions, it’s all too easy to overlook and...
Celebrating the region’s talent and diversity, Portfolio NW is a new exhibition opening at the Bluecoat this week… What is the role of an art gallery? In 2013 the answer may not be quite...
A label with more peaks and troughs than its average signing, Rough Trade Records has a colourful history… When the Strokes’ debut, Is This It, surfaced in 2001, it served a dual purpose....
Monday – Tunabunny/Puzzle/10p Mixes/Karen Ablaze 8pm @ Mello Mello £3 Something you learn quickly writing regularly about music is don’t believe the hype trotted out in press releases by PRs and the like. Bearing...
A new exhibition of transgressive drawing at the ICA is a tour de force in skill and beefcake… “Please be aware that this exhibition contains challenging imagery,” says a sign in the Institute...
With conclusion to ‘the Cornetto trilogy’, The World’s End in cinemas from Friday, we take a look at the ascendancy of its director, Edgar Wright… “They haven’t seen each other in 20 years...
A hotly-anticipated highlight of this year’s Manchester International Festival, Mikey Stevenson was on hand for Massive Attack v Adam Curtis… In a disused train depot, we are surrounded on three-sides with huge translucent screens...
Monday – Little Shop of Horrors Director’s Cut 9pm @ FACT Frank Oz directs this darkly comic musical, starring Rick Moranis as Seymour, a timid florist’s assistant who discovers (surprise, surprise) that a...
Liverpool John Moores University are re-naming their Art Academy after its most famous son. Canny marketing to overseas students or a step backwards? Last week, LJMU announced that they were re-naming their Art...