31/05/2018
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Get Your Crit Together! Book NOW For Our Next Event, Weds 20 June 2018

Miss group crits? Could really do with a critical friend? In a sensational fundraiser next month at The Royal Standard Gallery & Studios, we assemble a supergroup ready to support YOU with words of...

22/05/2018
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Class of 2018: The North-West’s Top Art Graduates Revealed

Demonstrating excellent artistic potential in the face of a bunch of UK-wide cuts and eye-watering tuition fees… For our outstanding Class of 2018, Jack Welsh asks tutors across Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside...

20/05/2018
Detail, Francesca Woodman, Eel Series, Roma, May 1977 - August 1978, 1977–8. © Courtesy of Charles Woodman

Culture Diary w/c 21-05-2018

Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK – and loads of it’s free! Monday – Moonlight (2016)...

15/05/2018
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“It’s a luxury and a privilege…” Introducing: Rare Mags, Stockport

Magazine fan Jacob Charles Wilson heads home to Stockport to check out a beautiful new shop for the printed word… It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Greater Manchester has a vibrant culture...

15/05/2018
Anthony McCall’s Solid Light Works at The Hepworth Wakefield until 3 June 2018. Courtesy the artist and Sean Kelly, New York

“He reminds us of the beauty and potency of the drawn line…” Anthony McCall’s Solid Light Works — Reviewed

As his retrospective exhibition continues at the Hepworth Wakefield, Selina Oakes regards over 40 years of experiments with light, darkness and depth-illusion by Anthony McCall… As a techno-savvy society, we’ve become accustomed to engaging with...

14/05/2018
Jayson Haebich at LightNight 2018 @ Venues Across Liverpool – FREE

Culture Diary w/c 14-05-2018

Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK – and loads of it’s free! Monday – Exhibition Opening:...

08/05/2018
Jane Weaver at FOCUS Wales 2018

Culture Diary w/c 07-05-2018

Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from around the North of England and the rest of the UK – and loads of it’s free! Tuesday – Unit X...

04/05/2018
Emma Smith’s Euphonia  at The Bluecoat, Liverpool, until Sunday 24 June 2018 -- FREE. Images courtesy The Bluecoat and Robert Battersby

Opening The Mouth: Emma Smith’s Euphonia — Reviewed

What does it mean (and take) to speak or sing into a microphone in front of other people? C. James Fagan speaks up about a new and experimental sound installation at The Bluecoat,...

02/05/2018
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“The mundane becomes uncanny”: Kevin Casey’s View Of A Night Watchman

What must it feel like to be a security guard on patrol, alone? Pacing silent factory floors in the dead of night? In this excerpt taken from his new book of photography, and...