Turner Prize 2014 — The Lowdown
Oli Rahman shares his thoughts on the infamous prize and this year’s relatively unknown artists… The Turner Prize has launched the careers of some of the biggest heavyweights in the British Art Scene over the past...
The Big Interview: Richard Hawkins
US artist Richard Hawkins talks about his obsession with bizarre Japanese choreographer Tatsumi Hijikata, and how it formed the basis of Tate Liverpool’s (soon-to-close) ground floor exhibition… How did you discover Hijikata? Ever...
In Profile: Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971)
Like your cult cinema weird, violent and controversial? Ahead of a screening at Cornerhouse, Adam Scovell explores Ken Russell’s most beautifully disturbing film… By the time maverick British director Ken Russell came to make...
Language As A Process of Free Creation: Keywords Discussions at Tate Liverpool
Head to Tate Liverpool this afternoon for a lively masterclass in words and meaning… Imagine Newsnight/Wright Stuff regular, journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, passionately discussing with you her interpretation of the word ‘Violence’, confiding in...
What FACT’s Staff Restructure Says About Working In The Arts
All arts venues have to be more flexible to survive. But at what cost? There has been a lot of discussion lately about FACT’s staffing restructure. According to local media and an eloquent...
Culture Diary w/c 05-05-14
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Tuesday – Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK 10am-6pm @ the British Library, London...
Last Chance To See: TAINT at GRAD (Gallery for Russian Art and Design)
An exhibition that challenges our ideas of Anglo-Russian collaboration is a timely one, says Andy Minnis… Approaching GRAD (Gallery for Russian Art and Design), the first thing you see is brightly coloured gravel on the...
No Lists, No Diaries, No Apps Required: Sounds From The Other City Festival
Activists? Techno in a parish church? Unpronounceable band names? Robert Cutforth considers the joys of Greater Manchester’s most bonkers festival… I have been to Salford exactly three times and always by accident. I suppose that’s...
Witches, Childbirth and Virus… Syndrome Sessions 0.1 Reviewed
C James Fagan encounters an exciting and unsettling experiment taking root in the depths of the Baltic Triangle… What is Syndrome? Syndrome is a collection of multi-disciplinary arts events focused on the collision of...