REVIEW: Vitalities
Reading Time: 2 minutesFlorence Peake’s Vitalities turns HOME Gallery into a dim, bodily landscape of grief, resistance and the stubborn pursuit of life.
Category Art
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Anna Arthur
Reading Time: 4 minutesChampioning bold new work with roots in Croydon, the Croydonites Festival will take place from 4th - 21st November
FEATURE: EM Forster’s Legacy of Connection: Unseen Memorabilia
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Holborn Library, near where E.M. Forster resided for many years (he was part of the Bloomsbury set, of course), is an exhibition chronicling his long-term friendship with the Buckinghams, a working-class family who lived nearby.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Daria Kocerova
Reading Time: 3 minutesEchoes Across Time, presented by Kocerova Fine Art during Frieze Week, brings together works exploring time, memory and change through five themes: Duration, Pause, Cycle, Flash and Infinity.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Yoanna Walden
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Lunatics' Common Room is the first solo exhibition by photographer-artist Yoanna Walden. Featuring 15 carefully staged photographic works, Walden aims to create a shared space for those historically deprived of their autonomy within psychiatric institutions, while interrogating systems of control and the social construction of madness.
REVIEW: Ai Weiwei: Button Up!
Reading Time: 2 minutesFactory International has built a reputation for bringing world class exhibitions to Manchester, and Ai Weiwei: Button Up! continues that trend.
REVIEW: Woof
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Crying out for imagination, absurdity or self-awareness: Woof is just a play about two dogs.”
REVIEW: Manchester Open
Reading Time: 2 minutes“A snapshot of the city, carefully curated”
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Allison Thistlewood
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Saturday 13 June, Woolwich Works joins makers around the world for World Wide Stitch In Public Day, with a free celebration of craft, community and creativity. We sat down with one of the organisers of World Stitch Day, Allison Thistlewood, to discuss the upcoming event.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Hannah Caplan
Reading Time: 4 minutesHannah Caplan is a writer and visual artist working across painting, ceramics and fibre art. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. is her debut play, with her visual practice directly informing the production’s hand-crafted set and material language. We sat down with Hannah to discuss her upcoming performance.