Not All Documents Are Records — Reviewed
Is it art? Or a document of art? Where does the overlap lie? Mike Pinnington enjoys exploring the nuance of meaning at Open Eye Gallery’s Biennial exhibition… The measure of success for an...
“The SNP, Alex Salmond – It’s So Boring”: Artists On Scottish Independence
In 14 days, Scotland will be voting to decide whether to become an independent nation or remain part of the UK. a-n’s Chris Sharratt speaks to artists and those working in the visual...
From House To HOME
Manchester’s much loved Cornerhouse is moving, and fans are worried. Sara Jaspan speaks to the arts venue’s artistic director about the multi-million pound upgrade and whether its loyal audience is ready for such...
The White Cube, The Artist And Me
Just who do artists make work for anyway? In an extension of his essay on visitor experience, Biennial 2014: The Space In Between, C James Fagan considers the impact of the white cube...
The Big Interview: Alnoor Mitha, Asia Triennial
Ahead of the return of the Asia Triennial, Linda Pittwood speaks to its director about surviving potentially catastrophic funding cuts, and how this year’s festival theme must respond to global conflict… Hi Alnoor. Firstly,...
“Decidedly Alien”: The Paintings Of Mimei Thompson
Animal, vegetable or mineral? Wayne Burrows finds himself entranced by the luminous, hallucinatory paintings of Mimei Thompson… Occupying a whole large wall in the final room of Mimei Thompson’s current solo exhibition at Trade Gallery...
The Glitch Interview: S. J. Fowler
C James Fagan throws the rule book out of the window for his interview with Syndrome’s latest resident artist, poet, performer, and muse, S. J. Fowler… Syndrome is an event; it is a...
Wysing Arts Centre’s Futurecamp: A Post-Gender World
Are we living in a Post-Gender World? What do the words ‘post’ or ‘gender’ actually mean to you? Alice Hughes takes an in-depth look at social labels, identity stereotypes and ideas about the ‘self’...
Nasreen Mohamedi: Lines Among Lines
Co-curator of Tate Liverpool’s current top floor Nasreen Mohamedi exhibition, Eleanor Clayton gives insight into the artist’s world: one which aimed to create purity, balance and unity through abstraction… Nasreen Mohamedi was a pioneer...