In Pictures: Best Photographs Of 2014
TDN photographer Pete Goodbody rounds up a turbulent (and at times bizarre) 2014 with some of his favourite shots… The brief: ten photos to illustrate the year and I get to curate the...
The Double Negative Awards 2014
We may not have a glitzy ceremony, but we do have an esteemed panel of judges. All year, our critics have been travelling the length and breadth of Britain, witnessing the best contemporary (and classic)...
Love Is Enough: William Morris & Andy Warhol — Reviewed
Visually overwhelming, disjointed and contrived: Laura Harris gets to grips with Jeremy Deller’s homage to the giants of printing at Modern Art Oxford… Anyone who has been following Jeremy Deller’s work will already...
An “Outstanding Dramatic Work”: RSC’s Henry IV Part 1 & 2
Broken Britain, corruption and social polemics: sound familiar? Joshua Potts finds that a timely adaptation of Henry IV remains Shakespeare‘s most humanistic dissection of rulers and state… The kingdom is sick. There is a war...
Field Trip: Discovering Delhi’s Art Scene
Unable to visit New Delhi and explore in person? Emma Sumner takes us on a tour of the most exciting art spaces India’s capital has to offer… New Delhi is the rapidly pulsating...
Culture Diary: Christmas & New Year 2014
What’s hot this holiday season? Our pick of the December listings (traditional and alternative) from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… The Rucksack Project @ collection points around Liverpool City Region Kicking off...
Brian Catling’s Antix 2 — Reviewed
“He went to bed and bound his head with vinegar and brown paper…” C. James Fagan finds nursery rhymes, alchemy and transformation powering the heart of the Bluecoat’s Art of the Lived Experiment exhibition… For a...
An Introduction To Psychogeography
Psychogeography is more than the psychological effects of the urban environment, argues Maisie Ridgway. Here, she explains why the movement has become a political statement, a seizure of power and a joyous mode of play and discovery…...
Why I Joined The New Artists’ Union
There hasn’t been a trade union for artists in England since 1984. Launched this year, Artists’ Union England is promising to address issues around working conditions and pay in the art world. Here,...