Charlie Bailey investigates a small but vital force in South Birmingham’s art scene; committed to making contemporary art relevant to the people who live there… “We’re not interested in ‘trauma trawling’. Not in the...
DaDaFest returns this week: bigger, better and with a confident shift in attitude. Jade French speaks to the director, curator and artists involved about what their work has to say about disability in its fullest...
What does the word ‘craft’ now mean? With Grayson Perry and other contemporary artists reclaiming craft as a key part of their practice, Heather Garner reimagines the term, looking for examples of subversion, and...
Blogger? Freelance writer? DaDaFest and The Double Negative are thrilled to invite you to a very special, alternative press event for the Bluecoat’s new exhibition, Art of the Lived Experiment… The arts press...
Linda Pittwood visits Asia Triennial’s major new exhibition of Chinese contemporary art, Harmonious Society, and finds a broad and diverse offering of artworks all attempting to translate the culture of China. But does it...
One of the stand-out works of new Hayward Touring sound art exhibition, Listening, artist Mikhail Karikis describes in his own words the making of his film SeaWomen: South Korea’s proud and diminishing community of...
Closing this Sunday, and in a final #BeACritic review of the exhibition, Maisie Ridgway finds a strong and rebellious selection of New Contemporaries reclaiming authority over the viewer… Into the World Museum foyer, up two...
Ahead of the gallery’s grand reopening in February 2015, The Whitworth director Maria Balshaw speaks to Nichola Jacques about the multi-million pound makeover, secret refurbishment discoveries, and exploding things with Cornelia Parker… The Whitworth Art...
Fancy having a peep inside Antony Gormley’s studio? Pete Goodbody gets a tour from the artist himself, discovering brutalist sculpture and secret celebrations for the 10th annversary of Another Place… Tucked away on...