Broken Britain, corruption and social polemics: sound familiar? Joshua Potts finds that a timely adaptation of Henry IV remains Shakespeare‘s most humanistic dissection of rulers and state… The kingdom is sick. There is a war...
“He went to bed and bound his head with vinegar and brown paper…” C. James Fagan finds nursery rhymes, alchemy and transformation powering the heart of the Bluecoat’s Art of the Lived Experiment exhibition… For a...
Psychogeography is more than the psychological effects of the urban environment, argues Maisie Ridgway. Here, she explains why the movement has become a political statement, a seizure of power and a joyous mode of play and discovery…...
There hasn’t been a trade union for artists in England since 1984. Launched this year, Artists’ Union England is promising to address issues around working conditions and pay in the art world. Here,...
During the mid-18th century, Gothic Horror surged into mainstream culture, with literature, film, art and poetry all exploring this darkest of genres. As Gothic programming returns full force — invading the BFI, BBC and...
Tate Liverpool’s interim Head of Exhibitions and Displays, Tamsin Dillon, gives her take on the ‘concentric process’ of The Serving Library’s commissioned cultural bulletins… An airbrush portrait of Wyndham Lewis by Chris Evans; a photograph of...
What does Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable have to do with cinema? And how do you design an international art magazine? We pick five of the best upcoming talks and tours at Tate...
It’s the smash hit exhibition making audiences — and critics — swoon. But what did we think of the Anselm Kiefer retrospective at the Royal Academy? Laura Robertson finds Herzog, Van Gogh and...
Currently installed at Tate Liverpool, and both a progression from the traditional public library and a mysterious hybrid of the Internet, Maisie Ridgway evaluates The Serving Library… In recent years, artists and curators...