We talk to Liverpool John Moores University’s Art School Director about leaving Liverpool, artists as entrepreneurs, and what makes a great art school… Just before Christmas, we were hit with the surprise announcement that Professor...
We sign off for the holidays and look back on two years of awesome… We are amazed to say that The Double Negative is two years old this Christmas — Mike and I...
We speak to dancer and choreographer Alexander Whitley on 75 Watt, blending visual art with dance, and how tech is taking over… Alexander Whitley is a busy man. The classically trained contemporary dancer...
A gay art student struggling with his identity in ’60s London? Steph Moffat views a young Hockney before the fame… David Hockney, commonly regarded as one of our greatest living artists, is best known for...
What would it be like if artists had their own political party? Emma Sumner investigates… What would it be like if artists had their own political party? An organisation that rallied to their cause...
Artist of the Month Penny Davenport talks outsider art, the violence of Goya, and why her drawings aren’t at all that scary… Textured, scratchy, atmospheric: Penny Davenport’s claustrophobic depictions of creatures and dark spaces...
Fred Johnson ponders a future defined by industrial and economic mania, ahead of FACT’s new, provocative exhibition… The themes of Time and Motion might at first seem rather vast concepts to try and capture...
Toby Hood takes a look at this year’s Turner Prize winner, multimedia artist Laure Prouvost… Since graduating from Central St. Martins in 2002, French-born artist Laure Prouvost has burst onto the UK scene...
Lauren Velvick questions her own beliefs, history and identity during a visit to Castlefield Gallery’s latest exhibition… Can conservatism ever be a radical stance? Pil & Galia Kollectiv return to Castlefield this winter with...