Amy Thomas visits the festival unifying artists all over the Cumbrian countryside — to sell art, meet tourists and showcase an extraordinary landscape… For two weeks this September, Cumbria is opening its doors...
Writer? Blogger? Journalist? Publication? Join us, Blaze Arts, Creative Tourist and friends for our next meet and greet! We’ve long been of the mind that there’s strength in numbers. That having friends —...
If you go down to the woods today… you’ll find the latest in virtual reality experiences with digital art pioneers Marshmallow Laser Feast… When you’re about to interview one of your favourite artists,...
What is a 21st century art centre? And what part do networks play in their futures? Alix Medlyn Davies goes to Lancaster to find out from artists, producers, social media tutors and ‘algoravers’… In a...
Love art and technology? Interested in virtual reality? We’ve invited one of the world’s most pioneering digital artists to share their story with you this October… The Double Negative are joining forces with...
James West speaks to contemporary photographer Nyaba Ouedraogo about how (and why) his new exhibition is juxtaposed with museum objects taken from the Congo area during British colonial rule, and the controversy of the ‘African...
Do artists based in the North of England have an inferiority complex? And what would Venice Biennale look like if it was based in Warrington? We find out from the lead curator of NORTH Contemporary, Will...
Denise Courcoux finds that the second iteration of Lynda Morris’s exhibition is both characteristic and symptomatic of a recent and turbulent history. But can its artists act as ‘moral agents’? “It is still...
Bizarre, chaotic and optimistic: Naomi Cull finds that banning the curator at Castlefield Gallery has a liberating and playful effect on the artists… What seems like a conventional group show — a selection of artists...