By using sincere aspiration and tongue-in-cheek self-mockery, Ryan Gander shows us that imagination makes our lives better, says curator Eleanor Clayton… Ryan Gander’s largest UK show to date, Make Every Show Like It’s...
What happens when Yaël Farber and Richard Armitage take on The Crucible? They produce a deeply revealing comment on contemporary conflict and our own inadequacies, says Laura Brown… A few hours before The Crucible...
Wayne Burrows takes us on a whirlwind tour of Nottingham’s latest contemporary arts space, exposing a history of impressive, close-knit collaborations.. Nottingham has a strange attitude to itself, a point made most recently...
Notice anything different? C James Fagan realises that Liverpool Biennial is changing the space around us, and therefore, he argues, the expectation of the visitor… There’s a lot of space in FACT. The artist Sharon...
Is the Giant Spectacular great art? And how does it compare to other public art in the city? Mark Evans on the power of the unifying moment… Today Liverpool officially welcomes back the Giants. French...
What’s happening on your street? Volunteer James Worley shares his experience of invigilating one of Liverpool Biennial’s most mysterious and popular fringe events… Something out of the ordinary is happening every evening in...
Chris Carr defends and promotes the grassroots arts movement in Liverpool, under the threat of increasing urban redevelopment and commerce… Liverpool is a city that has, for a long time, been in the...
After hearing strong and polarized reviews from friends, Linda Pittwood visits the Serpentine’s new digital installation and finds something genuinely original… Sometimes I suspect that the art that I like isn’t necessarily the art...
Confusing and ultimately unfulfilling? Laura Robertson leaves this year’s Liverpool Biennial remembering a handful of beautiful and thought-provoking pieces, yet feeling that the whole thing never really comes together… We feel like we’ve...