Introducing: Greenhorn Short Film Festival
Director and patron Mike Leigh describes it as “healthily anarchic and sharp as a row of needles”, and Ideas Tap are supporting their new award for young filmmakers. But what is Greenhorn Short Film...
The Art Of Gothic
During the mid-18th century, Gothic Horror surged into mainstream culture, with literature, film, art and poetry all exploring this darkest of genres. As Gothic programming returns full force — invading the BFI, BBC and...
The Serving Library: Concentric Process
Tate Liverpool’s interim Head of Exhibitions and Displays, Tamsin Dillon, gives her take on the ‘concentric process’ of The Serving Library’s commissioned cultural bulletins… An airbrush portrait of Wyndham Lewis by Chris Evans; a photograph of...
Expand Your Mind: Five Unmissable Tate Liverpool Events
What does Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable have to do with cinema? And how do you design an international art magazine? We pick five of the best upcoming talks and tours at Tate...
Culture Diary w/c 01-12-2014
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday – 2001: A Space Odyssey Reissue (1968, 2014) 8.30pm @ FACT, Liverpool — £10/8...
Staring Into The Abyss: Anselm Kiefer
It’s the smash hit exhibition making audiences — and critics — swoon. But what did we think of the Anselm Kiefer retrospective at the Royal Academy? Laura Robertson finds Herzog, Van Gogh and...
Culture Diary w/c 24-11-2014
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Tuesday — Hockney: Live from LA 7pm @ FACT, Liverpool — £10/8 “When I’m working,...
Artefacts, Anarchy & Evolution: Exploring The Serving Library
Currently installed at Tate Liverpool, and both a progression from the traditional public library and a mysterious hybrid of the Internet, Maisie Ridgway evaluates The Serving Library… In recent years, artists and curators...
Cornerstone Arts Festival — The Highlights
Exploring pre-Vivaldi Venice, Metadesign and male identity through contemporary dance, this year’s Cornerstone Festival at Liverpool Hope University is a truly diverse one, finds Heather Garner… Tonight, Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus opens its doors to...