12/04/2016
Tronche Avatar (2014). Thursday -- Exhibition Opening: Jean-Luc Moulène: Larvae and Ghosts 6-8pm @ Thomas Dane Gallery, London -- FREE

Culture Diary w/c 11-04-2016

What’s hot this week? Our pick of the arts listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Tuesday — Loved Ones 7.30pm @ Buyers Club, Liverpool — £5 ADV With a beautiful,...

08/04/2016
Relais de Soleil d'Or; Vesa-Pekka Rannikko, Foma, at Forum Box. Photo courtesy Anna Autio.

Field Trip: Turku, Espoo And Helsinki, Finland

Not familiar with contemporary art from Finland? Well, we got a good introduction to it last year when an exhibition, New Narrative and Reader, curated by Laura Koonikka of the Finnish Art Agency,...

07/04/2016
Stephen Sheehan, Tunnel 2013

“This is deadly serious” — The Big Interview: Stephen Sheehan

He would have missed out on a major artist’s residency if not for an Argos camera sale, and his portfolio includes screaming at bricks in the middle of busy shopping centres. Jack Roe...

06/04/2016
Super Slow Way: Carl Honore-slider

Learning, The Super Slow Way

In celebration of the area’s new, Super Slow Way arts project, Slow Movement evangelist and journalist Carl Honoré recently visited Blackburn. Devon Forrester-Jones was there to learn more about the slow philosophy gaining international repute… Slowness is...

04/04/2016
Red Sauce Brown Sauce Mania (video) 2014. Part of Saturday's Exhibition Opening: Double Act: Art And Comedy 10am-6pm @ The Bluecoat, Liverpool and MAC, Belfast -- FREE

Culture Diary w/c 04-04-2016

What’s hot this week? Our pick of the arts listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday — Laurence Scott Talk: Borrowed Time 6.30pm @ Jerwood Visual Arts, London —...

01/04/2016
The inaugural Binary Festival: 24 and 25 May 2016, Liverpool, UK

Serendipity, Virtual Reality And Opening Minds — Introducing: Binary Festival

The Baltic Triangle is fostering a reputation for housing some of the best and most interesting arts, culture, technology and innovation companies in Liverpool. So what happens when it spawns a mini festival? Laura...

30/03/2016
Ryoichi Kurokawa - unfold. At FACT, Liverpool, until 12 June 2016

“A hypnotic, outer-space experience”: Ryoichi Kurokawa’s unfold — Reviewed

Science and art collide in Ryoichi Kurokawa’s latest exhibition, says Jade French; having created a hypnotic, outer-space experience in Liverpool. Prepare to traverse the intersections of art, technology and the cosmos… Space: the final frontier…...

28/03/2016
Wednesday -- Exhibition Opening: GOING POP 6pm @ Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London -- RSVP

Culture Diary w/c 28-03-2016

What’s hot this week? Our pick of the arts listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Tuesday — Exhibition Opening: 20.6 By Henry Woodley 12pm @ LJMU John Lennon Art...

22/03/2016
Peter Sweetman: Fires Shipwrecks Catastrophes 2016. Part of Playing By The Rules at The Royal Standard Gallery & Studios, Liverpool, from 12 March until 27 March 2016 -- FREE

“Examine the subtle ways in which societal norms dictate”: Playing By The Rules — Reviewed

Jack Roe finds cartoons, CAPTCHA bots and children challenging our notion of rules and rebellion at The Royal Standard… One aspect of art that makes it so compelling, and in some cases tiring,...