Construction | Destruction | Nostalgia | Memory of a Hope | Ceri Hand Gallery | Liverpool
Text by Kenn Taylor Devised with gallery artist Matthew Houlding, this exhibition at Ceri Hand Gallery draws on a key text by Henri Lefebvre and鈥
Text by Kenn Taylor Devised with gallery artist Matthew Houlding, this exhibition at Ceri Hand Gallery draws on a key text by Henri Lefebvre and鈥
Text by Lyndon Ashmore At first glance the exact shape of things to come suggested by the sculptures included in this exhibition can seem disparate鈥
Text by Angela Darby The Belfast Photo Festival is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland. The organisers have managed to encompass a large鈥
Text by Regina Papachlimitzou Structure & Material brings together three artists who, although engaging in distinctly different sculptural practices, share a similar preoccupation with the鈥
Text by Colin Herd Following on from its first incarnation at Manchester Art Gallery in the spring, Anish Kapoor鈥檚 touring Arts Council-funded mini-retrospective Flashback is鈥
Sea Creatures, an exhibition featuring work from Joni Sternbach, Dana Montlack and Liz Lantz, examines life above, below and around the sea. Featuring tintype portraits鈥
The Screen Arts Festival, a brand new cross arts initiative organised by Picturehouse Cinemas, opens this summer. Showcasing a wide range of arts content鈥
Understanding and exploring the role of street photography as an agent for social reflection and expression is now more important than ever. However, the dissemination鈥
Text by Luke Healey A Fire in the Master鈥檚 House is Set, named after a lyric that is repeated hypnotically throughout Rage Against the Machine鈥檚鈥
Text by Matt Swain The Art of Connecting is the first solo exhibition in the UK by Atsuko Tanaka (1932-2005), one of Japan’s most renowned鈥
In the run-up to their landmark hosting of the Turner Prize 2011, Baltic, Newcastle, hosted American artist Mariah Robertson鈥檚 first solo exhibition.
Called 鈥渁 compendium of visual surprise鈥, Julian Rothenstein鈥檚 collection of images is an interesting voyage of exploration.
Schwartzman has captured the present in this text. Exploring the relationship between the body, design and technology, the book is perplexing and provocative.
In this comprehensive guide, Terry Smith lays the groundwork for a new approach to contemporary art, emphasising its relationships to all aspects of life.
Set on a communal farm in Wales, Wild Abandon follows Kate and her younger brother Albert as they deal with the day-to-day struggles of living in a community outside the status quo.
A charming blend of fantasy and reality, Morgenstern has created a truly enchanting novel that is fiercely imaginative and cleverly developed.
Set in modern India, The Artist of Disappearance is a triptych of novel颅las, referring to shadows of the past, drawing on India鈥檚 recent history as a backdrop
Shen Wei Dance Arts presents Re-Triptych as part of the 2011 Edinburgh International Festival, bringing the sentiments of Asia to the West.
Two of Everything is an upbeat blend of funk, jazz, soul and psych, layered with rasping brass and syncopated drums.
Submotion Orchestra’s debut, Finest Hour, combines a sublime cinematic landscape providing a unique take on dubstep, soul and jazz.
The Voluntary Butler Scheme is the vehicle for Rob Jones, a singer-songwriter from Dudley. He accompanies himself, with help from friends and his mum.
With an old school rock-and-roll style sound and a wistful, California-dreamy quality, the music of Violent Hearts transports us to the era of the high school dance and dates at the drive-in.
The breathy, ethereal sounding vocals of singer-songwriter Astrid Williamson take centre-stage throughout Pulse 鈥 an album best listened to when in a reflective mood.
Having gained fans like Caribou and Kieran Hebden, Roll the Dice present an album that is intense and grand in its offering, with an overriding narrativeof urban exploration and experimentation.
FOUND began as an art collective, who played music at their exhibition openings. This experimental spirit carried through to factorycraft, recorded at Chemikal Underground鈥檚 own Chem 19 studio.
Tablets like the iPad are changing the way music is made 鈥 not only how it鈥檚 recorded, but how it鈥檚 released and marketed. We look at a real game-changer.
From the director of The Fifth Element, Leon and Joan of Arc, Luc Besson鈥檚 latest offering The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec is a movie based on a comic of the same name by Jacques Tardi.
Lucy Walker鈥檚 documentary provides a terrifying insight into the world of nuclear weapons and offers a persuasive argument for disarmament.
Outside the Law is a controversial revisiting of Algeria鈥檚 struggle for independence through the eyes of three brothers who lose their home in Algeria.
Bomb It explores the high octane and politically charged world of graffiti and the street artists who feel compelled to make their mark in the world.
Ackerman’s dog, Queenie, came to represent the 鈥渋deal friend鈥 who, as an openly gay writer in the 1950s, he was unable to find in the company of people.
This year鈥檚 Rencontres d鈥橝rles boasts 60 exhibitions and is themed around connections to Mexico from the revolution through to the present day.
The first major UK retrospective of work by French artist, Charles Matton, presents his miniature enclosures containing painstakingly exact reflections of reality.
A major survey into the understanding of light in the context of physical space and object opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
A Hitchcockian rollercoaster ride of blurred identities, cat-and-mouse pursuits and shifty characters who may not be what they seem.
Now in its fourth year, Jersey鈥檚 annual Film Festival opened in September 2011. Director, Xanthe Hamilton, told us what to expect that year.
The FACE Collection presents Investigations of a Dog. Using the analogy of a dog questioning the origins of food, the exhibition considers what sustains mankind in the 21st century.
Break My Fall, the feature film debut from Kanchi Wichmann, explores the underbelly of a group of twenty-somethings in East London.
Producing atmospheric works, Lara Jade is setting trends in the world of fashion, portraiture and commercial photography both in the UK and abroad.
With 20 years hindsight, the V&A鈥檚 autumn blockbuster is the first major show to survey the visual products from the postmodern era.
Text by Emily Bour Melbourne’s icy months present the perfect occasion to nestle in the dark and spend some quality time with Project 35. The鈥
Text by Emily Sack TEST Presents鈥 provides Londoners with a different take on an art event. The online fashion, photography, and film magazine provides monthly鈥
Text by Angela Darby Literature has long been an essential driving force behind many contemporary visual artists鈥 practice. The exhibition Convergence at Golden Thread Gallery鈥
Text by Lara Cory Arnaud Desjardin is a French-born, London artist and author of catalogue: The Everyday Press (2011) and Business as Usual (2010). He鈥
Text by Emily Bour Arriving at Shaun Gladwell’s Stereo Sequences exhibition, currently showing at the Australian Center for the Moving Image in Melbourne (ACMI), one鈥
Text by Nathan Breeze Built in 1962 by the Architects Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners, The Commonwealth Institute, characterised by a distinctive parabolic copper roof鈥
This July, VICE has surpassed itself. As the self-proclaimed coolest magazine in the world, Volume 18 Number 7 is a visually stunning compendium of photography鈥
Jane and Louise Wilson were born in Newcastle and currently live and work in London. Using film, photography and sculpture, the Wilsons have created a鈥
Kill Your Darlings is Kid Acne鈥檚 (b.1978) first solo exhibition in Sheffield, where he has lived and works for the last 15 years. Kid Acne鈥
The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is open for entries! With categories for artwork, poetry and short fiction, the Creative Works Competition provides a great opportunity鈥