Keith W Roberts considers E. Chambré-Hardman’s landscapes, the creative passion-projects to his famed commercial portraiture… Edward Chambré-Hardman (originally from Ireland) is arguably Liverpool’s equivalent of London’s Emil Otto Hoppé, whose economic sustenance, like...
Sarah Creed navigates Islington’s Business Design Centre for her very first London Art Fair experience … Now in its 25th year, the London Art Fair opened its doors last Wednesday for a five day...
Uniform nominated for top design prize Liverpool-based agency Uniform has been nominated in the digital category for the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year 2013. Their innovative Postcard Player, which uses postcards printed with...
What are the secrets of a great intaglio or screen print? We pop down to the Bluecoat Print Studios to find out … Hello! Who are you? And hello to you too. My...
Wondering how the year ahead looks in visual arts? Wonder no more… While we’re all huddled around steaming cups of tea, cowering from the inches of snow we’re reliably informed awaits us, it’s...
A lecture in love’s philosophy? Linda Pittwood considers Open Eye Gallery’s latest exhibition, A Lecture Upon The Shadow… “Stand still, and I will read to thee / A lecture, love, in love’s philosophy...
David Bowie releases first new material in a decade Icon David Bowie celebrated his 66th birthday this week by releasing his first new material in a decade. The single, Where are We Now? (pictured...
A New Year is barely upon us but if you’re not careful you’re liable to miss out on some fine exhibitions doing the rounds… Post Liverpool Biennial 2012 you could be forgiven for...
FACT’s first post-Biennial show, would Winter Sparks prove illuminating? Billed in the promo material as ‘a personal sound and light show’ which ‘turns away from … the museum as … white cube space’,...