Liverpool, Land Of The Giants
Is the Giant Spectacular great art? And how does it compare to other public art in the city? Mark Evans on the power of the unifying moment… Today Liverpool officially welcomes back the Giants. French...

Is the Giant Spectacular great art? And how does it compare to other public art in the city? Mark Evans on the power of the unifying moment… Today Liverpool officially welcomes back the Giants. French...
What’s happening on your street? Volunteer James Worley shares his experience of invigilating one of Liverpool Biennial’s most mysterious and popular fringe events… Something out of the ordinary is happening every evening in...
What do top designers include in their recipe for success? Architect Matthew Ashton goes to this year’s Designival to find out… How to define success… Integrity? Turnover? Satisfaction with your surroundings, process, or clients? This question...
Chris Carr defends and promotes the grassroots arts movement in Liverpool, under the threat of increasing urban redevelopment and commerce… Liverpool is a city that has, for a long time, been in the...
After hearing strong and polarized reviews from friends, Linda Pittwood visits the Serpentine’s new digital installation and finds something genuinely original… Sometimes I suspect that the art that I like isn’t necessarily the art...
Prepare yourself for a weekend celebrating art, music, dance and performance across Liverpool. Getting proceedings underway with a bang, the Blueprint Festival welcomes indie-folk darlings, Stealing Sheep to the party… Tate Collective’s Sumuyya...
Should we be showing graphic designers the yellow card for producing the same kind of World Cup artwork? Ian Mitchell explores the visual clichés and asks: are designers manipulating them or being driven by...
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...
C James Fagan on why anyone would want to be an art critic, and perhaps more importantly, why criticism is needed at all… What is the point of criticism? Why be an Art...