How does one experience whirring helicopter blades in the confined space of a gallery? Katherine Caddy on the simultaneously disturbing and comforting work of Fiona Banner… This autumn, Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents a series...
Heather Garner observes a blending of new ideas and old techniques in the latest edition of New Contemporaries… On the 65th anniversary of Bloomberg New Contemporaries, the viewer is promised a snap-shot of the...
Experimental musician, Raver, Mark Leckey collaborator, and… international supermodel?! Wayne Burrows sits down with artist Edwin Burdis to find out about his past, present and future… In a short essay on artist Edwin Burdis’s work,...
To celebrate the Everyman Theatre’s new commission Bright Phoenix, Jennifer Tsai speaks to its playwright, the award-winning Jeff Young, about Liverpool, misfits and the “chaos” of writing… Jeff Young lives in Liverpool and has been writing for...
Laura Harris argues that Liverpool Biennial is unengaged with a political present — missing an opportunity to explore radical political alternatives and encourage dialogue between isolated communities… It is a sad and much-discussed truth that...
What does illness look like when it becomes an artistic encounter? Alice Hughes explores the difficulty of interpreting illness through art and where empathy and interpretation collide… Upon first impression, it is tempting to...
Ahead of a special screening tonight at the Bluecoat, visual artist Richard Whitby tells us about the ‘giant’ star of his surreal new film, why folklore continues to fascinate, and whether the Childe...
What do you expect from the next generation of artists? Just don’t look for youthful optimism, says Josie Sommer, as she explores this latest batch of New Contemporaries… This is it: Bloomberg New Contemporaries...
One-part Viking, one-part shaman, one-part biker, and one-part rock star: Nathan Richardson spends an ‘incredible’ and ‘absurd’ evening with Julian Cope… Julian Cope, as an artist, stands alone. He is the only person to...