Chester: City of Culture?
Registering its intent for City of Culture 2017 has led to a welcome upturn in Chester’s arts offer, says Kayleigh Davies… Chester is a beautiful backdrop of historic buildings, has a stunning riverside...
Pride of Place: The Caravan Gallery
A pop-up gallery focusing on the incredible and commonplace occurrences of the day-to-day, Stephanie Kehoe introduces the Caravan Gallery… Beginning as a weekend event set up to ‘document the ordinary and extraordinary details...
In Profile: Ryan McClelland
A two day only show opens at The Royal Standard this evening. Mike Pinnington catches up with one of the exhibiting artists, Ryan McClelland… Artist Ryan McClelland is sat across from me in...
Fréger & Stenram: Juxtaposed
Drawn to a pair of seemingly opposed exhibitions at the Open Eye Gallery, Stephanie Kehoe gets theoretical… Until the past century, a big part of art’s history is that of gender inequality. With...
Introducing: LJMU Fine Artists
LJMU’s Fine Art Degree Show was an unmissable opportunity to speak to the ones to watch, says Kayleigh Davies… This year’s degree show at the LJMU Art and Design Academy showcases an artistic...
Artist of the Month: Katie Craven
Our latest featured artist Katie Craven talks about cuts, connections and collaboration, and how it’s ok to fear the future… Artist and illustrator Katie Craven is incredibly friendly and smiley when we meet for this...
The Big Interview: Rankin
Alive: In The Face of Death, the new high profile show from Rankin, feels something of a departure for the renowned photographer… Cliche though it may be, it’s true what they say about...
The Importance (or otherwise) of Interpretation
Approaching graduation, Darren Murphy is increasingly thinking about how art is presented and interpreted in a gallery context… “Much of the labour of [nurturing the art market] is in the management of the...
Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing
Ahead of an anniversary performance opening this evening, David L Rattigan interviews Liverpool-born writer and playwright Jonathan Harvey… I’m perched, unceremoniously I admit, on the toilet, paperback in hand. I don’t have an...