Culture Diary w/c 26-06-2017
Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the UK – and most of it’s free! Tuesday – Exhibition Opening: Dreamers Awake 6-8pm @ White Cube, Bermondsey, London...
Larissa Sansour: In The Future, They Ate From The Finest Porcelain – Reviewed
It’s your last chance to see Larissa Sansour’s scifi-flavoured solo exhibition at the Bluecoat today. Kyle Brown finds a confusing narrative, including spaceships, Palestinian soldiers, and archaeological discoveries… It seems customary these days for...
“Feelings of anxiety and dreams of escape”: Eason Tsang Ka Wai’s A Look At Looking
Ashley McGovern speaks to artist and “daring voyeur” Eason Tsang ka wai about trespassing in order to take photographs, boredom, and getting some respite from the suffocating crowds of Hong Kong… We look down,...
Portraying A Nation: A Cultural Response To Social Turmoil
As Tate Liverpool prepares to open a new exhibition dealing with Weimar Germany, Sam Riding looks at the context in which three inter-War artists worked: what drove them, and what became of them...
Culture Diary w/c 19-06-2017
Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the UK – and most of it’s free! Tuesday – Shirley Baker: On The Beach 10am–5pm @ Grundy Gallery, Blackpool...
“Maybe I’m projecting my own messiah complex…” Sahej Rahal On Dry Salvages
Artist Sahej Rahal tells Wayne Burrows about “absurd” ideas, troubling masculine archetypes, and having HP Lovecraft on his mind during a recent residency in Nottingham… Sahej Rahal was born and lives in Mumbai, India, and since...
“Torn between the recent past and the future…” Photo London — Reviewed
It’s a shock to see how far Photo London has come in the three short years it’s existed, says Jacob Charles Wilson: finding a welcome return of The Pavillion in Somerset House, alongside dynamic techniques,...
“Show the absurdity of totalitarianism…” The Big Interview: Comic Artist John Higgins
He’s an artist responsible for drawing some of popular culture’s most iconic characters, including Batman, The Watchmen, and Judge Dredd. But why does the satire of Dredd still sting? When did he start to make...
Culture Diary w/c 12-06-2017
Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the UK – and most of it’s free! Monday – Ruth Noack: A Museum In A School 6—9pm @ Tate...