To an outsider at least, the motivations and intent of a combat photographer can be hard to come to terms with. As with their cousins the war reporter, they are open to accusations of bravado, or ...

Psychogeography is more than the psychological effects of the urban environment, argues Maisie Ridgway. Here, she explains why the movement has become a political statement, a seizure of power and a ...

It was difficult and complicated, but you told us what it feels like to be working class and work in the arts. Last year, after much umming and ahing, hand wringing, and conversation amongst ourselves ...

I want to convince you to experience the unknown, that nothing will ever be the same. The hardest thing is to change perceptions, to drag someone by the scruff of the neck and say “here it is”… Well ...

Written and narrated by Jennifer Lee Tsai, Fallen Star is currently on display at the Bluecoat. Part of But Does it Speak?, a season exploring language in a gallery setting, it finds the poet – in a ...

“A feeling, a period, a mood.” Mike Pinnington on Veronica Watson, whose portraits – celebrated in new publication All Together Now – currently adorn the Bluecoat’s upstairs gallery… What does it mean ...

Tracking a philosophical line across the city, Mike Pinnington reports on drifting purposefully through the 13th edition of Liverpool Biennial… Liverpool Biennial 2025: BEDROCK, proposes, says ...

Arts and culture organisations have been anxiously waiting for their fates to be revealed this morning, as Arts Council England finally announce who gets the 2023-26 round of ‘National Portfolio ...

To mark their recent smash success with the Big Give appeal, Laura Robertson speaks to Arts Emergency CEO Neil Griffiths about why it’s absolutely essential to keep on advocating for working-class ...

“I’m probably unaware of how much of myself I’m giving away.” Jon Barraclough speaks with artist Susan Leask ahead of a new exhibition of her sculptural works at Liverpool’s Bridewell Studios & ...

How often do we really examine curatorial contributions – not simply to an exhibition, but to the care and display of collections? Mike Pinnington considers ALL THAT REMAINS: A Curator’s Choice at ...

“My routine and by now automatic dismissal of portraiture was over.” Mike Pinnington on Helene Schjerfbeck, the painter that changed his mind… In my late-ish teens, I bought a postcard reproduction of ...