ACID AMBLING: I WALK AND I WALK AND I WALK, THE JARG COLLECTIVE PRESS
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‘ ACID AMBLING, M T SMITH, AN INTRODUCTION BY JEFF YOUNG
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Review: Dan Kelly & Barry Stedman at Bluecoat Display Centre
Dan Kelly & Barry Stedman’s exhibition at Bluecoat Display Centre is a beautiful education in how medium affects colour.
Clay takes pigment differently to paper,...
Review: Art Plays Games at FACT
Rachel Maclean, Sahej Rahal, Angela Washko, and Youngju Kim of Loopntale Collective present new digital and games-based art at FACT. It’s really hard to...
Review: Brickworks at Tate x RIBA North
I know it’s been a year, but I’m still excited by the fact Tate Liverpool is condensed into RIBA North’s gallery spaces.
Art, architecture and...
Review: Now You See Me, by Chris Day at Walker Art Gallery
Chris Day’s glass work at the Walker continues their responsive programme, inviting Black British artists to respond to their collections, with a particular focus...
Review: The Flowers Still Grow & The Magic Money Tree at Open Eye Gallery
Food banks and heating advice present Open Eye Gallery’s socially engaged photography credentials in a series of connected exhibitions, produced and invited by the...
Editorial: Art in Liverpool, issue #44, October 2024
We’ve never done a full audience analysis for this newspaper (what a captivating way to open an issue…) but I’m kind of intrigued about...
Review: Stitching Souls: Threads of Silence; Karen McLean at Walker Art Gallery
Taking inspiration from portraits of merchants across the Walker’s collection, Karen McLean explores the legacy of the slave trade, and emphasises the scale of...
Preview: The Liverpool Neurodiversity Arts Festival
Neurodiversity isn’t a description of the 20% of us with a neurodivergence. It is a statement that 100% of us have diverse neurological states....
Art in Liverpool’s 20th Anniversary: A look back at our first months
Art in Liverpool is 20 years old this month. We started out as a fan-blog for Liverpool Biennial in 2004 (its 3rd edition) and...
Review: LJMU MA Show
We missed 99% of the degree shows in the North West this year, but I was so happy to catch ‘Studio 6?’ by graduating...
Five must-see exhibitions in September
Laura Davis picks out three shows opening this month - and two you still have time to catch.
The Holly Johnson Story, Museum of Liverpool,...
Review: Into the Wyld, Material Matters at the Williamson
I’ve said this so many times, to so many people, that I’m starting to question my sanity, but… Into the Wyld is the best...
Review: Johnny Vegas and Emma Rodgers at Walker Art Gallery
There’s a curious cabinet in the corner of one of the collection galleries at Walker Art Gallery.
It’s filled with a mix of objects from...
Liverpool East and South East Asian Network: Happy third birthday to us!
Liverpool East and South East Asian Network aka LESEAN (pronounced 'lee-seen' not 'le-sean') was formed by Sufea Mohamad Noor in September 2021 to bring...
Review: Port Cities, Liverpool Arab Arts Festival
When it takes an outsider to teach you about your own city, you know there’s a gap in education. Siska’s film, highlighting the streets...
Review: Josie Jenkins and Daniel Halsall at Bridewell Studios & Gallery
Until 3rd September Josie Jenkins and Daniel Halsall are at Bridewell Studios & Gallery with two new bodies of work from these two studio...
Review: Pride in Liverpool, by Simon Dredge at Bluecoat Display Centre
I’d love to see this rolled out on buildings across the city, but Bluecoat Display Centre’s window on College Lane is a good start.
Simon...
Review: Into the Light: And Intervention by Nahem Shoa at Walker Art Gallery
In almost every room of the Walker Art Gallery, Nahem Shoa’s paintings, some new, some not, replace disputed masterpieces. The intervention is a clever...
Review: Roxy Topia and Paddy Gould with Cormac Gould: Let Your Ideas Come Back...
If eating robot poop and enforced meditation are the key to a brighter more prosperous future, count me in.
This weird future is imagined by...
Editorial: Art in Liverpool issue #43, September 2024
Art in Liverpool is twenty years old this month. Twenty.
September 12th, 2004, Ian Jackson moved a ton of stuff over from a Liverpool Biennial...
Review: Beyond Van Gough at Exhibition Centre Liverpool
t’s not the same as seeing these frustrated masterpieces of emotion in person, but Beyond Van Gogh is a fascinating interpretation of the world...
Five must-see exhibitions in July
From the wave-worn bricks on Crosby beach to Liverpool’s famous drag queens, Laura Davis picks five shows that invite us to take a second...
Feature: Hazlehurst Studios
You can do art anywhere, but there a places you shouldn’t do art to. Hazlehurst Studios are a fabulous example of how artists should...
Review: Mike Goodwin at Editions
Somewhere between Gary Larson (creator of The Far Side comics) and Paul Signac (wildly underrated neo-impressionist) is a definition of what Mike Goodwin does....
Review: Bill Tidy: “Is there any news of the iceberg” at The Atkinson
In 2017, Bill Tidy shared thoughts on his life and career, including this:
“As I grew older I began to appreciate the danger of uninformed...
Review: Inner Beauty at the LAKE Gallery
The LAKE Gallery’s latest exhibition is supposed to be a collection of still lives, but are probably better described as lives on pause. It’s...
Review: LOOK Photo Biennial 2024: Beyond Sight at Open Eye Gallery
Mattia Balsamini, Stephanie Wynne and Melanie King have a gallery each at Open Eye until September. Their work for LOOK Photo Biennial uses photography...
Review: Queer Places at Unit3 Design Studio
Liverpool Architecture Festival (LAF) took over a bunch of spaces last month. Some were for partnered exhibitions, others were events that fit the brief....
Preview: Port Cities: Liverpool Arab Arts Festival at Space
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival has attracted some of the most inspiring Arab culture to Liverpool since it was founded in 1998. Today, twenty-six years...
Art in Liverpool issue 42, July 2024: Editorial
Why do some thoughts stick with you? They glue themselves to your train of thought and cycle back around, radiating a sense of urgency...
Review: University of Chester Degree Show 2024
University of Chester Degree Show 2024Words, Hannah Harry
A selection of strong student work from the various strands of the University of Chester’s department of...
Five must-see exhibitions in June
Greggs, old shop panelling, bird nests and major global news stories are among the inspirations for Laura Davis’ picks of five Wirral exhibitions you...
Preview: Ellie Hoskins at Future Walls Gallery
Ellie Hoskins has been everywhere over the last few years, with a major installation at Bluecoat alongside Alevtina Kakhidze, and a solo show at...
Preview: Wirral Open Studio Tour 2024
Wirral Open Studio Tour is one of the biggest open studios in the country, featuring ninety-nine artists and fifty-three studios.
Since it launched fourteen years...
Review: Camille Smithwick, All Paths Lead to The River, at Birkenhead Priory
All Paths Lead to The River, a new installation by Camille Smithwick at Birkenhead Priory is packed full of character, and characters. The sprites...
Feature: Hamilton Vault Studios
Artist-led spaces across Merseyside have been the central driver for everything we do with Art in Liverpool for as long as we’ve existed, so...
Wirral Libraries call for contributions for Story Patch
Wirral Libraries have challenged Wirral residents to create something spectacular. If it works, it could be one of the largest community quilts in the...
Jayne Casey on how the regeneration of New Brighton relies on art.
New Brighton puts me in a good mood the moment I arrive.
The salty tang in the sea air creates expectations and the beautiful remnants...
Review: Another View: Landscapes by Women Artists, at Lady Lever Art Gallery
Another View: Landscapes by Women Artists is, I guess, an attempt at reparation. Major national collections are famous for holding and displaying the work...