Can You Hear Me? I Can See You!
What was that about olds dogs and new tricks? Stephanie Kehoe finds an exhibition at FACT turning the old saying on its head… Technology is an increasingly pervasive aspect of our world; an...
Liverpool, Unfinished – Reviewed
Kayleigh Davies peers into the darkness of the slideshow at Drop the Dumbells and discovers one of her picks of Look/13… Despite the small, unfinished-looking surroundings at Drop the Dumbells, Rob Bremner’s portraits...
The Difference Between the Blogger and the Art Critic
The latest in his series on modern criticism sees Darren Murphy cast his eye over the ongoing debate around the blogger and the critic… Last week in The Art Writer’s Responsibility to Readability, I...
Memory Lame: A Proper Light Night Afterparty
An after-hours celebration of Liverpool’s cultural offering, we can’t think of a better way to round off Light Night than with a carefully curated afterparty… It’s another big night in the cultural calendar...
LOOK/13: Who Do You Think You Are?
Ahead of the launch of international photography festival LOOK/13, Stephanie Kehoe picks her best of the fest… From Friday 17th May, Liverpool will call itself home to the international photography festival, LOOK/13. Spread...
Light Night 2013: Our Picks
A host of Liverpool’s galleries open late Friday evening, which can mean only one thing: Light Night! With an embarrassment of riches, this year’s after-hours arts and cultural festival could prove difficult to...
The Art Writer’s Responsibility to Readability
In the first of a series on the nature of modern criticism, artist and blogger Darren Murphy looks at the responsibility of the writer to readability… We’ve all done it; gone to an...
Building up curiosity: the LJMU Fine Art MA
What do you look for in an MA? Conversation, critique, contact time and inspirational tutors, say artists studying and teaching Fine Art at LJMU … Wandering around the new labyrinthine project spaces at...
The Treachery of Images
In this essay, Nathan Richardson muses on facts and the impressions of facts, with specific reference to Fournier’s The Funeral of Shelley… During my education, the Walker Art Gallery was often patronised as a suitable...