31/10/2014
Grayson Perry, Map of Truths and Beliefs

Craft, Reimagined

What does the word ‘craft’ now mean? With Grayson Perry and other contemporary artists reclaiming craft as a key part of their practice, Heather Garner reimagines the term, looking for examples of subversion, and...

30/10/2014
DaDaFest 2014

Join Us! DaDaFest & The Double Negative Bloggers’ Reception

Blogger? Freelance writer? DaDaFest and The Double Negative are thrilled to invite you to a very special, alternative press event for the Bluecoat’s new exhibition, Art of the Lived Experiment… The arts press...

29/10/2014
Wang Yuyang, Breathing Books (2014), Harmonious Society (Asia Triennial 2014), photo courtesy Joel Chester Fildes

Lost In Translation? Harmonious Society — Reviewed

Linda Pittwood visits Asia Triennial’s major new exhibition of Chinese contemporary art, Harmonious Society, and finds a broad and diverse offering of artworks all attempting to translate the culture of China. But does it...

27/10/2014
THEY USED TO CALL IT THE MOON, Baltic Mill. Aaron Guy One Silver Gas Station 2014 Courtesy the artist.

Culture Diary w/c 27-10-2014

What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday-Tuesday – Liverpool Irish Festival: New Irish Shorts 1 & 2 6.30pm @ FACT, Liverpool —...

27/10/2014
SeaWomen (2012), Mikhail Karikis, courtesy the artist. Listening Haywood Tour 2013-14

Mikhail Karikis And The SeaWomen Of South Korea

One of the stand-out works of new Hayward Touring sound art exhibition, Listening, artist Mikhail Karikis describes in his own words the making of his film SeaWomen: South Korea’s proud and diminishing community of...

24/10/2014
MKLK’s performance piece, Man Eater. New Contemporaries 2014

Bloomberg New Contemporaries: “They Do Not Seek Your Criticism, But Seek To Criticise You”

Closing this Sunday, and in a final #BeACritic review of the exhibition, Maisie Ridgway finds a strong and rebellious selection of New Contemporaries reclaiming authority over the viewer… Into the World Museum foyer, up two...

24/10/2014
Maria Balshaw. Image courtesy Johnnie Shad-Kydd

“A Kind Of Magic”: Maria Balshaw On The New Whitworth

Ahead of the gallery’s grand reopening in February 2015, The Whitworth director Maria Balshaw speaks to Nichola Jacques about the multi-million pound makeover, secret refurbishment discoveries, and exploding things with Cornelia Parker… The Whitworth Art...

23/10/2014
Studio Series: Antony Gormley

Studio Series: Antony Gormley

Fancy having a peep inside Antony Gormley’s studio? Pete Goodbody gets a tour from the artist himself, discovering brutalist sculpture and secret celebrations for the 10th annversary of Another Place… Tucked away on...

21/10/2014
Jef Cornelis, 1986, De langste dag

“Contemporary TV Is Mainly Rubbish” — Radical Filmmaker Jef Cornelis

Just who is Jef Cornelis? Ahead of a special screening tomorrow marking the end of his festival exhibition, Liverpool Biennial Fellow Deborah Laing met the radical filmmaker to discuss his ‘propagandist’ interviews, why modern...

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