Giant Maggie head in Winter Gardens: Jennet Thomas, THE UNSPEAKABLE FREEDOM DEVICE, until 22 August 2015 at the Grundy Gallery, Blackpool

A Direct Attack On Conservative Party Politics? Jennet Thomas — Reviewed

11/08/2015

Artistic coalitions and satirical encounters: Deb Laing finds that artist Jennet Thomas cuts a fine political line at the Grundy Art Gallery, and all the better for it… A Margaret Thatcher impersonator, acting as...

Andrew Salomone: Ravenous Apparitions. PLY, Manchester 2015

“It’s fun working on things that don’t necessarily mean anything” — The Big Interview: Andrew Salomone

07/08/2015

Hacking, Youtube tutorials and animated pizzas: Andrew Anderson meets a New Yorker obsessed with the possibilities of merging accessible technology with traditional craft and DIY skills… Andrew Salomone isn’t an artist who tells you...

Charlotte, wife of Jack Cooper with infant 22 April 1923 © Estate of Fred Shaw, courtesy of Gypsy Lore Society Archive, University of Liverpool

Celebrating The Outsider: Helen Sear And Fred Shaw — Reviewed

28/07/2015

A celebration of the outsider? At the Victoria Gallery & Museum, Ruth White finds two photographers, separated by more than 100 years, find common ground in their ostracised subject matter… Visit the Victoria Gallery...

See We Want People Who Can Draw: Instruction and Dissent in the British Art School at Manchester Metropolitan University, Special Collections Gallery, until Friday 31 July 2015. Images courtesy of David Penny and Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections

“Free speech my arse”: We Want People Who Can Draw — Reviewed

24/07/2015

‘Nice rebellion, welcome in’: Liz Mitchell visits a provocative and timely exhibition challenging all those who care about the state of art education, now and in the future… It’s quiet in the Special Collections Gallery...

The Interpretation Matters Handbook -- Reviewed

Art For Everyone? The Interpretation Matters Handbook — Reviewed

24/07/2015

Dany Louise goes head-to-head with wordy, confusing and alienating ‘artspeak’, finds Aoife Robinson, and as a result, gives us the confidence to take control of our gallery experiences… ‘X’s creative act of dissolution combines stillness and...

Geta Brătescu: Hypostasis of Medea (1980)

“An inherent playfulness alongside a total commitment to drawing”: Geta Brătescu — Reviewed

20/07/2015

Artist, illustrator, printmaker, performer: Jack Welsh discovers an exceptionally varied and prolific body of work spanning sixty years at Tate Liverpool’s Brătescu retrospective… What significance does the studio hold for an artist? Some artists...

Build Your Own: Tools for Sharing at FACT

“It’s art for the people, by the people”: Build Your Own: Tools for Sharing — Reviewed

16/07/2015

Jade French considers the joys and difficulties of showcasing contemporary, innovative and collaborative community arts in the gallery space… 3D printed prosthetic hands, an Internet of Things machine and a backyard casting factory:...

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2015: courtesy Rikesh Sudra @Rikesh_Sudra

Selfies For Souvenirs: Photography Now Welcome At The Royal Academy

15/07/2015

To selfie or not to selfie? Bhavani Esapathi attends her first Blogger and Instagrammer Evening at one of the UK’s most traditional art spaces, and wonders if other galleries should be taking the...

Antony Gormley: Another Place (detail).  Image courtesy Pete Goodbody

Antony Gormley In Conversation: Iron Men At 10

09/07/2015

As Another Place celebrate its 10th anniversary, Antony Gormley speaks out about “invading somebody else’s beach”, how public attitudes change, and his irritation with art history, finds Pete Goodbody… We are here in the...

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