Failure Explored
C James Fagan on the latest performance piece at the Bluecoat asks, what is failure anyway? Failure, that twin impostor of success. The thing which is always at our side, waiting to take...
Who is Mikey Georgeson?
We talk LFC, art and life with artist Mikey Georgeson, whose latest exhibition Trope has just opened at The Royal Standard… You may already know Mikey Georgeson, whether you’re aware of this or...
Salty Milk by Julieann O’Malley – Reviewed
As part of Spectrum at Liverpool Art Month, Lesley Taker took in a remarkable performance by Julieann O’ Malley… I hurriedly walk through the packed rooms of Wolstenholme Creative Space, pushing through people...
Can You Tell What It Is Yet?
Rachael Jones drops in on the Walker and finds an artist fully deserving of the name… Rolf Harris: all-round light entertainer, inventor of the wobbleboard and the country’s favourite Aussie import, recently opened...
Karl Jung is a Grass: Psychogeography in Liverpool & London
Fancy exploring your city in a completely different way? This weekend, grab your camera and your sketchbook and let artists take you on a psychogeography walk… When did you last walk around the area that you live...
Polly Morgan – Live and Stuffing
On the eve of a new exhibition opening a discourse with Audubon, Emma Sumner recounts taxidermist Polly Morgan’s live demonstration… In March it was announced that the University of Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery &...
The Big Interview: James Newitt
Tasmanian artist James Newitt has been in Liverpool for an Australia Council for the Arts residency. Hannah Pierce wondered how it had informed his practice… Hosted by Liverpool Biennial in collaboration with The...
The complexity of John James Audubon
New York-based sound artist Robert Peterson talks about the inspirations behind his new work at Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery & Museum… This week I am flying to Liverpool to participate in an exhibition called...
Exit Velocity: LJMU Fine Art Graduates 2012
We talk to some of the most promising LJMU Fine Art graduates, exhibiting their final shows tonight at the Art & Design Academy… MATTHEW WEIR (pictured, above) Letters from Berlin, a multi-media installation on...