The Art Of Gothic
During the mid-18th century, Gothic Horror surged into mainstream culture, with literature, film, art and poetry all exploring this darkest of genres. As Gothic programming returns full force — invading the BFI, BBC and...
The Serving Library: Concentric Process
Tate Liverpool’s interim Head of Exhibitions and Displays, Tamsin Dillon, gives her take on the ‘concentric process’ of The Serving Library’s commissioned cultural bulletins… An airbrush portrait of Wyndham Lewis by Chris Evans; a photograph of...
Expand Your Mind: Five Unmissable Tate Liverpool Events
What does Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable have to do with cinema? And how do you design an international art magazine? We pick five of the best upcoming talks and tours at Tate...
Staring Into The Abyss: Anselm Kiefer
It’s the smash hit exhibition making audiences — and critics — swoon. But what did we think of the Anselm Kiefer retrospective at the Royal Academy? Laura Robertson finds Herzog, Van Gogh and...
Artefacts, Anarchy & Evolution: Exploring The Serving Library
Currently installed at Tate Liverpool, and both a progression from the traditional public library and a mysterious hybrid of the Internet, Maisie Ridgway evaluates The Serving Library… In recent years, artists and curators...
Cornerstone Arts Festival — The Highlights
Exploring pre-Vivaldi Venice, Metadesign and male identity through contemporary dance, this year’s Cornerstone Festival at Liverpool Hope University is a truly diverse one, finds Heather Garner… Tonight, Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus opens its doors to...
Type Motion — Reviewed
Just what does ‘Schriftfilme’ mean? And how exactly do you present a traditional film archive in a contemporary gallery space for a new audience? Jack Roe visits FACT’s new ‘type in motion’ exhibition to find out…...
The Skewed Mirror Of Gretchen Bender
Barbara Kruger and Cindy Sherman were her peers, but little is known about multimedia artist Gretchen Bender. C. James Fagan visits a new retrospective at Tate Liverpool to explore Bender’s backlash against “immoral consumerism”… Plato...
The Big Interview: Jamie Shovlin
Metafiction, media manipulation and Charles Saatchi: Linda Pittwood enters the world of artist Jamie Shovlin as they discuss fake archiving and his recent residency at the Bluecoat, Liverpool… Hi Jamie. It’s very nice to...