29/10/2018
Photo by Stefano Pollio on Unsplash

“Fear helps to keep people in their place”: Class IS A Big Deal

Perma-skint, exhausted, disenfranchised… We need to talk about why working class people aren’t getting ahead in the arts. And as we rarely hear directly from working class people themselves about the obstacles they...

28/10/2018
Chou Yu-Cheng, Chemical gilding, keep calm, galvanise, pray, gradient, ashes, manifestation, unequal, dissatisfaction, capitalise, incense burner, survival, agitation, hit, day light, 2015. Activation at St George’s Hall as part of Liverpool Biennial 2018, 14 October 2018. All photos courtesy Rob Battersby

“I dedicated my throw to those whose dissenting voices remain unheard” – Chou Yu-Cheng’s Chemical Gilding… Reviewed // Liverpool Biennial 2018

Search and destroy: invited to throw rocks at a Liverpool Biennial sculpture by Chou Yu-Cheng, Claireabella finds herself considering the art of protest… Consider the surface of this sculpture. With its 18 gold-plated, fence-like...

25/10/2018
Museum life... Photo courtesy Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash

“The prospect of a permanent job being withdrawn hit me hard”: Class IS A Big Deal

Perma-skint, exhausted, disenfranchised… We need to talk about why working class people aren’t getting ahead in the arts. And as we rarely hear directly from working class people themselves about the obstacles they...

23/10/2018
Paradise Rot: A Novel by Jenny Hval. Images courtesy Verso

“Skin and flesh and people desiring each other…” The Big Interview: Jenny Hval

Musician Jenny Hval talks sensuality, criticism, and the porous quality of ideas with Mike Pinnington as her debut novel, Paradise Rot, is released in English for the first time… Jenny Hval’s debut novel...

23/10/2018
Still from STUDIOCANAL's restored, 4K classic THE FOG (1980)

“Something-as-yet unseen festers at sea…” In Profile: The Fog (1980)

Never have John Carpenter’s revenant killers loomed quite so handsomely out of the fog as in this new 4K restoration from STUDIOCANAL, finds fanboy Mike Pinnington… “That celebration tonight is a travesty –...

22/10/2018
Still from Female Human Animal 2018

Culture Diary w/c 22-10-2018

Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK – and loads of it’s free! Tuesday – The White...

22/10/2018
Photo by Nate Nessman on Unsplash

Yes, Class IS A Big Deal

Perma-skint, exhausted, disenfranchised… We need to talk about why working class people aren’t getting ahead in the arts. And as we rarely hear directly from working class people themselves about the obstacles they face,...

12/10/2018
Bound Art Book Fair 2017

“It was a stab in the dark…” Introducing: Bound Art Book Fair

A DIY venture that’s brought thousands of visitors to Manchester’s Whitworth Gallery, the friends behind independent book fair Bound are kicking back against bro-culture and the capital city, finds Jacob Charles Wilson… Recent...

08/10/2018
Aslan Gaisumov, Keicheyuhea, 2017. Installation view at St George’s Hall, Liverpool. Biennial 2018. Photo: Thierry Bal

Aslan Gaisumov’s Keicheyuhea (2017) – Reviewed // Liverpool Biennial 2018

Rona Cameron on Aslan Gaisumov’s 2017 film Keicheyuhea: a “living autobiography” of deportation, starvation, and endurance… Step inside the beautiful Grade 1 listed St. George’s Hall, walk past massive pillars and ornate sculptures, and...

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