Manchester’s museums are finding new international interest in their archives, finds Jon Bottomley — which will be crucial in keeping the doors open back home and investing in our next generation of art stars…...
Budget cuts, political and religious censorship and terrorism; art and culture are under threat. In their latest exhibition, Centre Pompidou-Metz, MMK and Tate Liverpool are asking us which artworks we would seek to save… “What if art...
With an impressive group of collaborators — including Jeremy Deller, Ryan Trecartin and David Shrigley — Broken Grey Wires is opening up a dialogue around mental health via contemporary art. Mike Pinnington spoke to its artist/founder...
Although they may not be as instantly accessible as his Iron Men, an afternoon spent with Gormley’s Elemental drawings is time well spent, says Kellie Grogan… Antony Gormley uses art as a way to...
There is much to get excited about along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, says Jack Welsh; here, he investigates a huge new arts programme being created — and facing multiple challenges — along...
Ellie Woods sees an abandoned Scottish town through the eyes of an amnesiac at FACT’s current, discordant exhibition… Shona Illingworth wants us to experience the edge of the world. At least that’s what it feels like. Edging down...
Think you could make tiny artworks to sell from special vending machines? Oriel Wrecsam is looking for artists across the UK to do just that… Lucozade, jelly beans, bouncy balls, condoms… We’ve all...
Hannah Elizabeth Allan finds an uncanny domestic space at The International 3 gallery: where the familiar is transformed into the sinister… Overwhelming the small, white-walled gallery of International 3, a pair of large-scale screens display a...
It is obvious from the passion displayed by its practitioners that live art is here to stay. If we can give artists in the North-West more moral and financial support, says Garry Cook,...