Why Do Galleries Exist?
C. James Fagan wants to be stimulated by the things he sees in the gallery. But is that what the gallery is for? Here, he ponders the broader purposes and concerns of our contemporary...
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Reflexive Modernity — The Work Of Chris Paul Daniels
Charting our own lives in the framework of individual and national identity: Amelia Crouch assesses the audio and film work of artist Chris Paul Daniels… In Chris Paul Daniels’ 2013 film Premier/Divisions the first voice...
Dunst, Dreamers And Drones: The Double Negative Awards 2015
We have asked our critics to name their cultural winners of 2015: who will make the cut? What to say about a year where The Double Negative discussed shame with Jon Ronson? Watched...
Workshop: How To Write An Artist Statement! 6 December 2015
Taking part in an exhibition soon? Think your website’s ‘about’ page could do with a revamp? Calling all artists to our next workshop in Liverpool… Being able to clearly communicate and contextualise artwork...
Turners, Constables & Lowrys: China Embraces Manchester’s Collections
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…...
“Why can’t great art happen here in Pennine Lancashire?” Introducing: Super Slow Way
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...
“Frightening with its familiarity”: Shadow Worlds | Writer’s Rooms — Freud’s House Reviewed
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...
Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots And Glenn Ligon: Encounters And Collisions — Reviewed
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...
The Scammers Become The Scammed: I Must First Apologise… — Reviewed
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...