In Profile: Laure Prouvost
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...
Radical Conservatism — Reviewed
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...
A Vicious Sea of Moving Steel: J.G. Ballard and the Soft Estate
C James Fagan explores the mystery and power of our motorway landscapes on the eve of The Bluecoat’s new Ballard-inspired exhibition, Soft Estate… When J.G Ballard, the Sage of Shepperton, turned his attention to...
The Big Interview: Bob and Roberta Smith
In their first ever interview together, Emma Sumner talks to the siblings behind Bob and Roberta Smith and the recent Art Party Conference… Bob and Roberta Smith, or Patrick Brill, is an artist...
Liverpool X — Reviewed
Jon Davies heads down to Liverpool’s latest creative forum and wonders whether we are more detached from culture than ever… If there was one activity that could encapsulate Liverpool’s arts and culture community...
House of Suarez: Vogue Deco and Other Stories
Our live arts critic C James Fagan continues his Homotopia experience with a confusing evening of strutting, fashion and Voguing… So it’s been a week since I attended, or wrote about, a performance...
Jeremy Deller: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
Emma Palmer finds that a potent mix of Marxism, wrestling, revolution and acid house combine to make Manchester Art Gallery’s latest exhibition… Exploring Britain’s rapid growth under the Industrial Revolution, Jeremy Deller’s new exhibition, All...
Exclusive: New Everyman Opening Date and Spring/Summer Season Announced
We’ve been waiting for ages, it seems, but the Everyman theatre is soon to open its doors to the public. The building, which has been completely re-designed by architects Haworth Tompkins, is set...
This Way Out: The New Boy George
Popstar, rockstar, photographer, chameleon: Pete Goodbody puts aside his preconceptions and introduces himself to the new Boy George… It’s Bonfire Night and Boy George is on Later with Jools. He’s sporting a beard that’s not...