Confusing and ultimately unfulfilling? Laura Robertson leaves this year’s Liverpool Biennial remembering a handful of beautiful and thought-provoking pieces, yet feeling that the whole thing never really comes together… We feel like we’ve...
What’s hot this week? It’s a special all-Liverpool listings! Enjoy! Monday – Ghostface Killah 7.30pm @ the Kazimier, Liverpool — £15 “At a moment when hip-hop’s lyrical and musical elements were diverging, Daytona 500...
Should an arts festival directly reference the city it calls home? Can art become relevant to a context in which it is displayed? Richard Whitby examines one artwork in this year’s Liverpool Biennial that has a lot to say,...
This year’s Liverpool Biennial is the first that director Sally Tallant can really call her own, having arrived in Liverpool only a few months before the 2012 festival. Now with a new, earlier...
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday – Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland @ various galleries across Scotland “An...
Ahead of this week’s Biennial 2014 opening, ArtReview’s Oliver Basciano assesses Liverpool’s contemporary art offer, and wonders at the striking absence of new artist-run initiatives… Contemporary art – at least if we follow a...
His team call him The Maestro; a 91-year-old figurehead in the kinetic-optic art movement who has fundamentally changed our perception of colour. As he unveils a major new commission in Liverpool, we find out what makes Carlos...
Sci-fi sculpture park: we climb aboard Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Dazzle Ship to meet the people involved in bringing it to life… Venezuelan kinetic and op-artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, well-known for his wild, immersive experimentations with colour, unveils...
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool, the North-West and the rest of the UK… Tuesday – ICA Artists’ Moving Image Network: Keren Cytter 6.30pm @ Cornerhouse, Manchester — £6/4.50...