From surreal masquerade to a Jackson Pollock parody, Exhibitions and Displays Curator Darren Pih talks us through his favourite works in Tate Liverpool’s brand new (and free) national collection show… Promising more than 150 iconic artworks...
Artistic coalitions and satirical encounters: Deb Laing finds that artist Jennet Thomas cuts a fine political line at the Grundy Art Gallery, and all the better for it… A Margaret Thatcher impersonator, acting as...
Hacking, Youtube tutorials and animated pizzas: Andrew Anderson meets a New Yorker obsessed with the possibilities of merging accessible technology with traditional craft and DIY skills… Andrew Salomone isn’t an artist who tells you...
A celebration of the outsider? At the Victoria Gallery & Museum, Ruth White finds two photographers, separated by more than 100 years, find common ground in their ostracised subject matter… Visit the Victoria Gallery...
‘Nice rebellion, welcome in’: Liz Mitchell visits a provocative and timely exhibition challenging all those who care about the state of art education, now and in the future… It’s quiet in the Special Collections Gallery...
Dany Louise goes head-to-head with wordy, confusing and alienating ‘artspeak’, finds Aoife Robinson, and as a result, gives us the confidence to take control of our gallery experiences… ‘X’s creative act of dissolution combines stillness and...
Artist, illustrator, printmaker, performer: Jack Welsh discovers an exceptionally varied and prolific body of work spanning sixty years at Tate Liverpool’s Brătescu retrospective… What significance does the studio hold for an artist? Some artists...
Jade French considers the joys and difficulties of showcasing contemporary, innovative and collaborative community arts in the gallery space… 3D printed prosthetic hands, an Internet of Things machine and a backyard casting factory:...
To selfie or not to selfie? Bhavani Esapathi attends her first Blogger and Instagrammer Evening at one of the UK’s most traditional art spaces, and wonders if other galleries should be taking the...