Why Do Galleries Exist?
C. James Fagan wants to be stimulated by the things he sees in the gallery. But is that what the gallery is for? Here, he ponders the broader purposes and concerns of our contemporary...
Remembering Becs Andrews (1978-2016)
Stage designer and visual artist Becs Andrews died earlier this month, aged just aged 37. Laura Robertson recalls a fiercely talented and charismatic individual who gained widespread acclaim for a prolific, richly imagined...
“Transcendence and the desire for human connection are integral”… ARTIST ROOMS On Tour: Bill Viola
Ruth Dillon spends time with an intense selection of Viola’s moving image works, currently on show in Gloucestershire, and is impressed by the scope and complexity of the artist’s vision… Bill Viola (born 1951) has long been recognised...
“The world has lost a great talent”: Tributes Paid To Artist Becs Andrews
Stage designer and visual artist Becs Andrews tragically passed away earlier this month, aged just 37. Here, friends, colleagues and collaborators, from the Royal Opera House to The Royal Standard, remember a great talent…...
Katrina Palmer’s The Necropolitan Line — Reviewed
Nothing like the Metropolitan Line we know today: Jack Welsh explores the macabre history behind Katrina Palmer’s interactive exhibition — a contemporary reimagining of the London railway that transported corpses to be buried in the...
Intermissions: The Quiet Portraits Of Edward Chambré-Hardman
Liverpool Central Library’s current exhibition, Intermissions, reveals a fascinating insight into the portfolio of one of the city’s most prolific landscape photographers: namely, his portraiture business that paid the bills. What is revealed,...
Roll Up, Roll Up: Unmissable UK Exhibitions Jan-Mar 2016
One Direction fantasies, kidnapped curators, NASA and Cilla Black… We pick our favourite visual art exhibitions of early 2016. Get your diaries out! Supermarket Sweep: Bonus Round! @ P E R I C L O,...
Paul Almásy: Making Absence Present
A tale of bravery and foresight in the face of Nazi occupation: Tate Liverpool’s Exhibitions and Displays Curator Darren Pih shares the shocking true story behind a photograph pivotal to their current show… The first...
Reflexive Modernity — The Work Of Chris Paul Daniels
Charting our own lives in the framework of individual and national identity: Amelia Crouch assesses the audio and film work of artist Chris Paul Daniels… In Chris Paul Daniels’ 2013 film Premier/Divisions the first voice...