How far would you go to prove yourself? Emma Sumner discovers a competitive literary collective with wresting on their mind… Tonight, six of the toughest, most nimble-fingered writers from across the north-west will commence battle....
Our live art critic C James Fagan takes a deep breath and treks into the Zone… Somewhere out there awaits The Zone, a place that may just exist on the edge of the...
On her first visit to the GI, Frances Disley is left excited about the wider possibilities of the visual arts… Having never experienced Glasgow International (or GI) before, I would compare it to All...
Do you have ambitions to become a published art critic? Read on… We’ve always supported arts criticism at The Double Negative. It was high on our list of priorities once we decided to...
Self-confessed sci-fi nerd C James Fagan enters FACT’s new exhibition with high expectations, and leaves feeling somewhat deflated… This is going to be hard. Sometimes when the subject matter is close to your heart,...
Whistler, dazzleships, cartoons and a memorial to Hillsborough: Liverpool Biennial announces this year’s programme of events… Decipher the title as you will — something about artists disrupting their own habitats? — but the...
Floppy disks, fossils and the fallibility of new technologies: Stephen Clarke explores the work of Robin Tarbet… The ancient city of Pompeii lay dormant for nearly fifteen hundred years concealed under layers of lapilli...
Don’t know where to start at the GI? Don’t panic! Emma Sumner picks her highlights… Hailed by Adrian Searle as “the UK’s best visual arts festival”, the pressure is on for what will...
Head Hayward Gallery Curator Cliff Lauson talks to Oli Rahman about working with Tracey Emin, being persistent and making exhibitions that matter… My first experience of the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery consisted of...