Zoe Beloff: DREAMLAND
Zoe Beloff constructs a world of escapism, dreams and admiration in the Grundy Gallery’s latest exhibition, finds Denise Courcoux… Sigmund Freud, founding father of psychoanalysis, paid a visit to the Coney Island funfairs,...
3 am: Dread Hour or Magic Hour?
The hours beyond twilight often instill dread, but the Bluecoat’s artistic director Bryan Biggs finds they can also inspire… The creative pull of the nocturnal hours on artists extends beyond visual art...
The Big Interview: Tim Marlow
How important is painting in a century increasingly dominated by digital media? We spoke to White Cube gallery’s director of exhibitions and John Moores Prize 2014 judge Tim Marlow… The Double Negative:...
Tim Hetherington:
You Never See Them Like This
A new exhibition of combat photographer Tim Hetherington’s work poses questions about our relationship with warfare. C James Fagan investigates… It’s odd to think that, indirectly, war has formed part of my life;...
Richard Creed: Spirit Body and Don Juan’s Hut
Kate Murray’s essay on painter Rick Creed reflects on two paintings that define the artist’s practice… Walking into Richard Creed’s studio I find canvases… Creed’s studio is overflowing with canvases. The majority of the...
Street Art Confidential
Photographer Peter Goodbody keeps a lookout for changes to the urban environment, a practice that’s led him to spot a pair of artists specialising in paste-ups… I’ve always thought of street artists as...
In Profile: Sudley House
Emma Sumner visits a hidden gem from National Museums Liverpool; stately home and art gallery, Sudley House… Sudley House rests on the suburban high ground of Mossley Hill, Aigburth. A house with a...
Gemma Marmalade’s Fish Wives — Reviewed
Sarah Creed talks Italian street fights, patriarchal hierarchies and avoiding pigeon-holing, with award-winning emerging artist Gemma Marmalade… Having seen Gemma Marmalade’s work in The Photographers’ Gallery 2012 FreshFaced+WildEyed exhibition, I thought I knew...
Ceri Hand Summer Fete – Reviewed
Sarah Creed reports back from a day of pinatas, cake and fish fights (!) at the first Ceri Hand Summer Fete… Saturday 17th August – a regular Saturday morning, in which families mill around...