Manchester’s museums are finding new international interest in their archives, finds Jon Bottomley — which will be crucial in keeping the doors open back home and investing in our next generation of art stars…...
There is much to get excited about along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, says Jack Welsh; here, he investigates a huge new arts programme being created — and facing multiple challenges — along...
Hannah Elizabeth Allan finds an uncanny domestic space at The International 3 gallery: where the familiar is transformed into the sinister… Overwhelming the small, white-walled gallery of International 3, a pair of large-scale screens display a...
Ahead of the exhibitions’ closing weekend, Alice Benbow looks again at what Ligon and Pollock — two American artists whose practices are separated by almost 40 years — have to say about the...
By mapping the contours of something so commonplace as a junk email, Orla Foster discovers, artists Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige remind us of the hidden depths that may be beneath the surface of any...
Kat Houghton explores a vibrant collection of films that depict the people caught in the midst of political change; from the handover of Hong Kong to the Scottish Referendum… This time last year, Chinese...
As questions about contemporary art education abound — from the Houses of Parliament to artists’ studios — Liz Mitchell asked key art school representatives across the UK what they thought. The response was an unexpectedly impassioned debate, centred...
Amy Thomas visits the festival unifying artists all over the Cumbrian countryside — to sell art, meet tourists and showcase an extraordinary landscape… For two weeks this September, Cumbria is opening its doors...
Bizarre, chaotic and optimistic: Naomi Cull finds that banning the curator at Castlefield Gallery has a liberating and playful effect on the artists… What seems like a conventional group show — a selection of artists...