Oliver Braid: My Five New Friends
For 18 months, artist Oliver Braid has been on a mission; aiming to become friends with the five most attractive male undergraduates from Glasgow School of Art, documenting each relationship, sparing none of...
Departure Lounge – Previewed
Laura Brown is put in mind of Club 18-30 in a LIPA led production at the Unity Theatre… An airport waiting lounge is never a particularly happy place. You’ll note they didn’t film...
Richard Simpkin and Simone Lueck: Richard & Famous – Reviewed
Les Roberts takes in the Open Eye Gallery’s latest exhibition and finds, for some, 15 minutes of fame could never be enough… I’m no fan of the celebrity culture that continually attacks the...
The Big Interview: Alan Yentob
Creative Director of the BBC and John Moores Painting Prize judge, Alan Yentob, takes time out to talk Freud, Liverpool, and a challenging year for the arts… The Double Negative: How did you...
Homeland – Previewed
Home sweet home? We head down to Wolstenholme Creative Space to find out… A homeland is a birthplace, an environment, a sanctuary. The word can also evoke a feeling of place and belonging;...
Artist of the Month: Michael Cottage
Erotic illustration, poster art and comic strips – all in a day’s work for our Artist of the Month Michael Cottage… The thing that strikes you about Michael Cottage is just how unassuming...
Liverpool Reawakened
Andrew Foulds assesses the state of the Liverpool Art Scene post Capital of Culture. Is it all doom-and-gloom or a mere blip in the continued renaissance of Liverpool as an art city? In...
The Big Interview: Ceri Hand
On the eve of Ceri Hand’s final show in Liverpool, Andrew Foulds caught up with the gallerist to find out her thoughts on the future of Liverpool, its artist practitioners and the importance...
The Living and The Dead: Paintings and Sculpture – Previewed
This Friday, The Walker opens its doors to one of ‘Liverpool’s Sons’… Friday sees the Walker Art Gallery play host to the first major retrospective of the works of Liverpool born artist, John...