27/07/2018
Stina Puotinen, PROFORMA Contemporary Art Festival

Introducing: PROFORMA Contemporary Art Festival

Fun! Live sculpture! Rapid fire performance! Introducing PROFORMA: a new annual contemporary art festival heading to Manchester’s Dancehouse tomorrow night… Those of you familiar with Bertolt Brecht’s work through the 1930-50s will know...

26/07/2018
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Tenderness, Tradition, And The Absurd… In Pictures: Another Europe

Why are we leaving again? As photographic exhibition Another Europe goes on show in London, celebrating European cultural heritage, its curator Hamish Park selects his favourite shots: from behind the scenes at the boxing ring, to the...

23/07/2018
Jamboree 2018 // 28th June -1st July 2018 // Dartington UK // images by photographer Dom Moore.

“Being an artist is really flipping hard and it’s so important to have allies”: Jamboree 2018

Eva Szwarc speaks to Jamboree co-founders LOWPROFILE and other artists about why the ‘gathering’ is such an important support network…  Art communities can be divided, however unintentionally, whether simply down to the physical barriers...

22/07/2018
The Double Negative Fellowship 2018 (L-R): Ellie Wiseman, Jacob Bolton and Denise Courcoux

Fellows Announced! // The Double Negative Fellowship 2018

We are delighted to announce that three Merseyside-based writers – Denise Courcoux, Ellie Wiseman and Jacob Bolton – have been selected for The Double Negative Fellowship 2018. The three Fellows were carefully selected...

19/07/2018
Agnès  Varda  with  3  moving  images.  3  rhythms.  3  sounds,  2018.  Photo:  Thierry  Bal

The Big Interview: Agnès Varda // Liverpool Biennial 2018

As her new installation is revealed at FACT for Liverpool Biennial, we speak to pioneer of the French New Wave: award-winning filmmaker, photographer and artist, Agnès Varda… On using triptychs in her work:...

16/07/2018
Baltic Weekender, June 2017, at Constellations, image courtesy Baltic Triangle;

Culture For Sale: A Heartbreaking Open Letter From The Baltic Triangle

Why are cultural spaces in Liverpool – like the RIBA award-winning Constellations – being bulldozed to make way for flats? And what’s happened to the £5.24 million supposedly ring-fenced for open spaces, trees and public art?...

16/07/2018
Kate Cooper, We Need Sanctuary, 2016. Video still. Courtesy of the artist.

Culture Diary w/c 16-07-2018

Our pick of this week’s arts, design, film and music events from a very busy Liverpool – and loads of it’s free! Monday – Talk: The Origins Of Drag 2.30pm @ Museum Of...

10/07/2018
Annie Pootoogook, detail, courtesy the artist

Culture Diary w/c 09-07-2018: Festival Special

It’s a festival frenzy this week, with all eyes on Liverpool. In short, if you’ve never visited the city before, then this is the week to do so… Thursday — Launch Night: Independents Biennial...

10/07/2018
Jennifer Higgie

Meet The Mentors: Jennifer Higgie // The Double Negative Fellowship 2018

We’d like to introduce the final, extraordinary mentor taking part in our (inaugural) The Double Negative Fellowship: frieze magazine’s Editorial Director, Jennifer Higgie. This art school graduate knows A LOT about publishing and freelance...