Culture Diary w/c 29-02-2016
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the arts listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Tuesday — Liverpool Architectural Society: The Great Beauty (2013) 6pm @ FACT, Liverpool —...
A Phantom Of Hope: Ghost Mural, Anfield
Grace Harrison looks at the results and repercussions of a public artwork never made, echoing the stalled, ongoing regeneration plans for Anfield, Liverpool… Much of the work of the artist Jayne Lawless strives to...
Monuments Should Not Be Trusted — Reviewed
A new exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary brings together the largest ever selection of Yugoslav art in the UK from the ‘golden years’ of the Socialist Federal Republic. What emerges, finds Bob Dickinson, is a witty,...
Culture Diary w/c 22-02-2016
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the arts listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday – Exhibition On Screen: Goya (2015) 6.30pm @ Cinemas Nationwide A...
AL And AL: Incidents Of Travel In The Multiverse — Reviewed
Combining clever forethought with mythology and modern physics, Vanessa Wheeler explores AL and Al’s new exhibition at HOME, Manchester; that takes you back — and forward — in time… Astronomy meets astrology currently...
Inhabiting The Edge: Tricksterism And Radical Liminality
An unassuming Southport beach in the hands of artist David Jacques becomes the battleground for a social and cultural negotiation, finds Les Roberts… Edges can be many things. They can be sharp (in that they incise...
Crowdsourcing, Double-Jobbing & Alchemy: Behind The Scenes Of Indie Publishing
What does it take to create a magazine from scratch? Laura Robertson collected some insider secrets — from The Gourmand, The White Review, Dazed and magCulture – at one of the first ever Frieze Academy courses…...
Culture Diary w/c 15-02-2016
What’s hot this week? Our pick of the arts listings from around Liverpool and the rest of the UK… Monday – New Art West Midlands 10am-5pm @ Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – FREE...
“The problems of that time remain unresolved”: The Unspeakable Freedom Device — Reviewed
Jennet Thomas transports C. James Fagan back to the Thatcher years: a time of nuclear scares, managed decline and milk snatching… Thatcher! Thatcher! Milk snatcher! This chant has resonance with me, as Margaret...