25/08/2015
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, 1924-2005, I was a Rich Man's Plaything (detail) (1947). Printed papers on card, 359 x 238 mm © The estate of Eduardo Paolozzi. Image courtesy Tate

A Guide To Pop Art: Paolozzi And The Original Young British Artists

Who really invented Pop Art? Mike Pinnington finds that a group of young British artists, architects and critics — pre-dating Warhol — are to thank for activating a phenomenally successful art movement… Pop Art: today’s visual...

24/08/2015
Andy Warhol (1928–1987), still from Outer and Inner Space, 1965. Courtesy whitney.org

Culture Diary w/c 24-08-2015

What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday – BBC Four Goes Pop: A Week-Long Celebration of Pop Art @ BBC Four, Radio...

21/08/2015
Louise Bourgeois: Mamelles 1991, cast 2001 (Louise Bourgeois Constellation) © Tate Liverpool, Roger Sinek

Chosen By The Curator: Lauren Barnes’s Favourite Constellations

Bubblegum pink breasts and wonky vitrines: Assistant Curator Lauren Barnes talks us through her favourite works in Tate Liverpool’s brand new (and free) national collection show… Promising more than 150 iconic artworks from the 20th...

20/08/2015
Olimpia Zagnoli, Leave town; advice to sink in slowly

Leave Town, And Other Advice To Sink In Slowly

Everyone has a piece of advice they wish they had heard earlier, right? We speak to an artist keen to share support, creatively, with those just starting out… Championed by the Guardian. Creative...

19/08/2015
Street art on Reykjavík's Laugavegur high street  (photo courtesy Mike Pinington)

Field Trip: A Guide To Reykjavík, Iceland

Spaceship-like art galleries, epic waterfalls and vegetarian street food: if a modern, relaxing city break sounds good, look no further than the Icelandic capital… Iceland in the summertime: 24-hour daylight, and just about...

18/08/2015
Dr John Cooper Clarke

“As acerbic and honest as ever”: John Cooper Clarke (Live) — Reviewed

Sue Flowers finds the Bard of Salford in top form as he plays a low key gig in Yorkshire: satirising the BBC, dementia and the gentrification of Manchester… The place is Bentham, North...

17/08/2015
Josh Kline: Freedom @ Modern Art Oxford — FREE

Culture Diary w/c 17-08-2015

What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday — Mistress America (2015) 2.30/4.30.6.30/8.30pm @ FACT Liverpool — £10/9 Tipped as star Greta...

11/08/2015
(detail) Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, 1924-2005 Sack-o-sauce 1948 Printed papers on card 356 x 264 mm © The estate of Eduardo Paolozzi. Image courtesy Tate.

Chosen By The Curator: Darren Pih’s Favourite Constellations

From surreal masquerade to a Jackson Pollock parody, Exhibitions and Displays Curator Darren Pih talks us through his favourite works in Tate Liverpool’s brand new (and free) national collection show… Promising more than 150 iconic artworks...

11/08/2015
Giant Maggie head in Winter Gardens: Jennet Thomas, THE UNSPEAKABLE FREEDOM DEVICE, until 22 August 2015 at the Grundy Gallery, Blackpool

A Direct Attack On Conservative Party Politics? Jennet Thomas — Reviewed

Artistic coalitions and satirical encounters: Deb Laing finds that artist Jennet Thomas cuts a fine political line at the Grundy Art Gallery, and all the better for it… A Margaret Thatcher impersonator, acting as...

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