In celebration of the area’s new, Super Slow Way arts project, Slow Movement evangelist and journalist Carl Honoré recently visited Blackburn. Devon Forrester-Jones was there to learn more about the slow philosophy gaining international repute… Slowness is...
The Baltic Triangle is fostering a reputation for housing some of the best and most interesting arts, culture, technology and innovation companies in Liverpool. So what happens when it spawns a mini festival? Laura...
Science and art collide in Ryoichi Kurokawa’s latest exhibition, says Jade French; having created a hypnotic, outer-space experience in Liverpool. Prepare to traverse the intersections of art, technology and the cosmos… Space: the final frontier…...
Jack Roe finds cartoons, CAPTCHA bots and children challenging our notion of rules and rebellion at The Royal Standard… One aspect of art that makes it so compelling, and in some cases tiring,...
Calling all artists, curators and cultural instigators! Are you running an event or exhibition during Liverpool Biennial 2016 (9 July-16 October), or considering it? Let us help you shout about it… We are...
In offering international travel expenses, curatorial mentorships and commissions, Liverpool Biennial is giving artists based in the North just what they need. Jack Welsh speaks to the people involved about how more responsive relationships between...
Jacob Charles Wilson gets to grips with Ben River’s ‘labyrinthine’ film installations, and concludes that all stories, heard or read, are to some extent lies… The Whitworth Art Gallery’s recent renovation has revitalised...
Smoke signals, Afro-Portuguese dance and channelling J. G. Ballard: ahead of its launch, let Vanessa Wheeler guide you through the best and most unexpected parts of Manchester’s annual innovation festival… What do you get when a community of...
Emma Sumner is thrown headlong into a forum for experimental critical writing practices in Bangladesh. But how would the issues faced by those actively working in the field of critical writing be discussed?...