31/07/2013
SnowApes (detail)

Artist of the Month: Alex Mathers

Snow monkeys, volcanoes and Google+; our new Artist of the Month Alex Mathers has forged a career less ordinary… It’s the colour that you first notice about Alex Mathers’ work. His illustrations are...

31/07/2013
ArtsHub47/Shaw Street Hope exhibition

Hope at ArtsHub47

At a time when the arts seem under constant threat, a Lark Lane exhibition reminds us of their potential to affect positive change, finds Conal Hughes… There is no getting around the fact...

30/07/2013
Wadjda

Wadjda – Reviewed

The first full length feature produced in Saudi Arabia, James Hampson considers Wadjda, a film about a girl and her bike, and so much more…  Wadjda is a film of firsts: it is...

29/07/2013
Indika @ Milapfest

Milapfest – Previewed

A world music festival flying under the radar, James Hampson has the low-down on Milapfest, a celebration of classical Indian arts…  Something special is happening at the Capstone theatre this week. A world...

29/07/2013
Marina Abramovic still from Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present

In Profile: Marina Abramovic

Fred Johnson takes an in-depth look at an artist whose work continues to inspire… Ritual. Power. Human nature. Such words form the creed of Marina Abramovic, the Serbian “grandmother of performance art”, a...

29/07/2013
Sanjukta Sinha courtesy Devansh Jhaveri

Culture Diary w/c 29-07-13

Monday – Ranajit Sengupta and Sanjukta Sinha 7.30pm @ the Capstone Theatre £10/£8 It’s not often we see a sarod maestro in full swing here in rainy Britain, so take the opportunity to experience the...

25/07/2013
Man Ray L'Enigme d'Isidore Ducasse 1920 1972 © Man Ray Trust (Hicksville, USA) / DACS, London 2013

DLA Piper Series: Constellations

A trawl through some of Tate’s most significant collected works, Constellations is a re-hang with a difference… Amid the perpetual revolving door-like turnover of blockbuster exhibitions, it’s all too easy to overlook and...

24/07/2013
Hannah Wooll, Outsider 2010 (detail)

Portfolio NW – Previewed

Celebrating the region’s talent and diversity, Portfolio NW is a new exhibition opening at the Bluecoat this week…  What is the role of an art gallery? In 2013 the answer may not be quite...

22/07/2013
Rough Trade East

Rough Trade Records

A label with more peaks and troughs than its average signing, Rough Trade Records has a colourful history…  When the Strokes’ debut, Is This It, surfaced in 2001, it served a dual purpose....

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