The Crucible — Reviewed
Joseph Viney finds that Milller’s 1953 play has as much to say about a world of growing religious fundamentalism and ‘trial by media’ as it does the McCarthy witch trials era… Accusations of anti-intellectualism,...
Playlist: Sounds of Science Fiction
Ahead of FACT’s new science fiction inspired exhibition, C James Fagan listens to the skies… Science fiction and music have had quite a flirty relationship over the years. Musicians draw inspiration from the...
Fast-Paced, Bold and Beautiful: ¡Viva! Festival 2014
As ¡Viva! film festival celebrates 20 years of bringing us the best of Spanish and Latin American cinema, Toby Hood is on hand to gauge 2014′s vintage… Arriving at this year’s ¡Viva! film festival launch,...
Richard Hawkins: Hijikata Twist
Tate Liverpool’s Exhibitions and Displays Curator Darren Pih explains the ‘dirty avant-garde’ thinking behind Richard Hawkins’ new show… Since emerging in the early 1990s, Richard Hawkins has evolved an emphatically diverse practice that defies easy categorisation. Working...
In Pictures: The Chinese Art Factory
Chinese journalist Joe Zhu shares a fascinating glimpse into the big business of studying art in Hangzhou city… When Walter Benjamin wrote about art and reproduction, I wonder if he had thought about...
Culture Diary w/c 10-03-2014
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Tuesday – The Negligent Eye 10am-6pm @ the Bluecoat Liverpool — FREE Opening last Friday, the...
Letizia Battaglia: Breaking the Code of Silence
Pete Goodbody explores photojournalist Battaglia’s world of blood, terror, and the resilience of ordinary Sicilians… It is a strange feeling to walk around this exhibition of photographs taken in Sicily during the ’70s and ’80s, and to recognise we...
Cool Girl Gang — The Launch of Queen of the Track Zine
Hold the phone. A new zine is hitting the market right now and its name is Queen of the Track… Described as “vogue on crack” by its creators Flis Mitchell (an artist and...
Please Come to the Show: Artist Invitations From The MoMA Library
Despite online competition from the likes of Facebook and Eventbrite, Maja Lorkowska realises that nothing compares to the art of the printed invite… LJMU’s Exhibiton Research Centre is currently home to Please Come...