Sinead Nunes
Why #writecritical?
Words by Sue Flowers
Much has been written about the visual arts over the last few centuries, maybe as a way of defining it, by attempting...
Believing or Not at Tate Liverpool
Words by Jack Welsh
Within Tate Liverpool’s new exhibition An Imagined Museum hangs Martin Kippenberger’s large oil painting The Modern House of Believing or Not...
REALITY at the Walker Proves Painting is Still Relevant
Words by Alice Benbow
Reality: - the status of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them; having...
The Magic Band play the music of Captain Beefheart, at The...
With the ever-changing time signatures of prog, and the vocals echoing those of the Captain himself, the band power on through guitar riffs and drum beats.
Brass Art / Shadow Worlds | Writers’ Rooms – Freud’s House
Words by Naomi Cull
The latest exhibition of work by experimental collective Brass Art - made up of Chara Lewis, Kristin Mojsiewicz and Anneké Pettican -...
So was it the Best, or the Worst of Times?
Both Sides Now: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst of Times? is a cross-continental exhibition which brings together artists from China, Hong Kong and the UK.
Cass Art: Student Day!
Words by Sinead Nunes, Features Editor
With Cass Art's notorious Student Day hitting Liverpool for the first time this Tuesday, we take a look at...
In Pictures: Glam Up North at Museum of Liverpool
Words by Sinéad Nunes, Features Editor. Images courtesy NML
Acclaimed portrait and fashion photographer John Rankin Wadell presents It's Glam Up North: Curated by Rankin...
Review: Wirral Met Fellows Show 2015
Words by Breda Whyte
The Wirral Met Fellows Show 2015 features works by Rachel Perry, Anna Clark and Jay Chesterman and there is a strange cohesion...
Artist of the Week: Niamh O’Malley
Words by Sinéad Nunes, Features Editor
Niamh O'Malley's solo exhibition Glasshouse opens at Bluecoat from 10 October. We caught up with the artist to find...
In Conversation with Mike McCartney
‘So why St Georges Hall?’ I asked him. McCartney, a native ‘Liverpool lad’ wasn’t aware of his fascination for the hall until he was asked to do the exhibition.
The Soup collective’s RESIZED exhibition opened a small yet inspirational window...
Words by Deborah Laing
There was something about this month’s exhibition at Arena Studios and Gallery that felt intimate: why? Maybe it was due to the...
Artist of the week: Jazamin Sinclair
Words by Sinéad Nunes, Features Editor
Can you introduce yourself and your work?
I'm a multidisciplinary artist and musician whose artistic practice is made up of...
In Pictures: Geoff Owens’ Futuretrospective
Images by Ryan Garry
"I have always had an interest in art since childhood; graduating from drawing with crayons on walls at my parents' house...
Tate Liverpool: Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots
30 June – 18 October 2015
Open daily
Adult £11 / Concession £8.25
Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) is widely considered to be one of the most influential and provocative American artists...
Tate Liverpool: Geta Bratescu
30 June – 18 October 2015
Open daily
FREE
Born in Romania in 1926, and working for much of her life within a Communist state, Brătescu’s vivid practice has...
Tate Liverpool: Glenn Ligon: Encounters and Collisions
30 June – 18 October 2015
Open daily
£10.00 (concession £7.50) (Includes entrance into Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots)
Tate Liverpool presents a major exhibition curated by one of America’s...
In Pictures: Blacksmithing and Sketching at Lark Lane Artworks
Images by Ryan Garry
This Summer at Lark Lane Artworks in Aigburth, Alex Corina is holding a series of events under the umbrella of Summer...
Artist of the Week: Joe Rampley
Words by Sinéad Nunes, Features Editor
Our Artist of the Week is recent LJMU graduate Joe Rampley, whose work has already been featured as part...
Done / Undone: Liz Jeary’s Exhibition Revealed
Words by Neil Murphy
Nestled between two well-known retail monoliths at Marine Point, on New Brighton's sea front is Unit 13. The unit is a vacant...
The Gallery At Bank Quay House: The Destruction of Anything Familiar
Friday 24 July – Friday 25 September 2015
Last year’s Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival winner, Ian Rayer-Smith, opens his exhibition The Destruction of Anything Familiar at The Gallery at Bank Quay House.
Museum of Liverpool: Poppies: Women and War
Friday 24 July 2015 – Sunday 5 June 2016. This is an exhibition by Lee Karen Stow, remembering women in times of war from the First World War to the present day.
Calderstones Mansion House: Romeo and Juliet
24 & 25 July 2015
2.30pm / 7.30pm (no matinee on Friday 4 July)
£20
After two previous spellbinding visits, we’re delighted to announce that Shakespeare’s Globe...
Liverpool Empire: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
21 - 25 July 2015
Tue-Sat evenings 7.30pm. Wed, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm.
Ticket info - see below*
National Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident of the...
Simeon Barclay: Jolly Lament in Four Movements Concerning A Hamlet By...
Words by Jack Welsh
In today’s fast-paced digital society, what role does the humble postcard play? As people increasingly use smartphones and apps such as Facebook...
Open 1 at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery
Words by Ruth White
Open 1 is the first in a series of three annual open submission exhibitions, this years’ theme being based around ideas...
Pyramid Parr Hall: My Subject is War
18 July – 29 August 2015. Emma Brown explores the ordinary lives of men and women through beautifully executed illustration.
Bluecoat: RESOURCE
Saturday 18 July - Sunday 27 September 2015. An exhibition examining the usefulness of art and twenty-first century arts centres, featuring work from a wide range of UK-based artists.
A Small View of A Small Group of Idiots Ruining It...
Words by Kyle Nathan Brown
On entering A Small View exhibition place, dimly lit only by the lights from the corridor outside, one is confronted by...
What are you Waiting For? Build Your Own at FACT
Words by Sufea Mohamad Noor
Right now, FACT is Liverpool's gathering spot for different clans of makers who associate themselves with DIY be it through crafts...
Picasso’s Study for Temptation of St Anthony at the Walker Art...
Images by Ryan Garry
The Walker Art Gallery has acquired a drawing by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, which...
Open Eye Gallery: Monthly Exhibition Tours
12 July, 9 August 2015
2.30pm
FREE, drop in
Exhibition tours take place on the second Sunday of every month. The tour is led by the curatorial...
The Kazimier: LIV-BCN 2015
11 July 2015
3pm - late
£15 - book here
The Kazimier and The Kazimier Garden are welcoming the biggest amount of Barcelona acts ever to have...
Tate Liverpool: Jackson Pollock Study Day
11 July 2015
10.30am – 4.30pm
£28 (Advanced booking recommended)
Programmed in association with Continuing Education Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Liverpool.
Inspired by Tate Liverpool’s summer...
Williamson Gallery & Museum: Sylvia Hikins Guided Tour
11 July 2015
11.30am
Free, donations welcome
A tour around Sylvia’s exhibition talking about her inspirations, including poems and reminiscences of travelling in Iceland.
Sylvia Hikins is a poet,...
Domino Gallery: Clive Kendall
From Friday 10 July 2015. An exhibition of paintings by artist Clive Kendall.
LJMU Exhibition Research Centre: LIV-BCN 2015
Friday 10 - Friday 24 July 2015 - The LIV-BCN exhibition invites Liverpool and Barcelona to meet in the middle: a spotlight on superb artists from both cities
Walker Art Gallery: REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting
10 July - Sunday 29 November 2015
Also read the Review by Patrick Kirk-Smith here.
A vibrant new exhibition curated by artist Chris Stevens and organised by...
Liverpool Small Cinema: Blancanieves
9 July 2015
7.30pm
£3 - book here
Rescued from her evil stepmother (Maribel Verdú) by dwarves, a young woman (Macarena García) becomes a bullfighter like her...
FACT: Selected V: a lucky dip of emerging artists’ film talent
9 July 2015
7pm
£4 / £3 concessions. Please book at: www.fact.co.uk or in person at box office.
Selected 5: A lucky dip of early career artists’ film nominated...