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UK Young Artist City Takeover in Photos
Fri 15 Feb 2019The UK Young Artist City Takeover took place around Hoodtown from Thursday 7 to Wednesday 13 February. We got down to as many events as we could to take some snaps...
NTU Student MJ the Art Traveller to Appear on Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year 2019
Thu 14 Feb 2019It's that time of the year again. Portrait Artist of the Year returns to Sky Arts with a new round of contestants ready to get painting. The set-up is simple: paint a portrait of a surprise celebrity in your own style in be in the chance to win a £10,000 commission for a major British Institution, plus £500 of materials from Cass Art. What’s not so simple is that you are judged by some of the best art curators and artists in a portrait you can do in four hours under the glare of TV lights. This year, the competition features Nottingham Trent MA student Michael Sheppard aka MJ the Art Traveller...
Art Works: Ronan Somerville
Thu 07 Feb 2019Ronan's illustrated chess board is decorated with meaningful creatures...
Art Works: Kelly Fung
Thu 07 Feb 2019Kelly Fung gives us the lowdown on her contemporary piece, Sit Down...
Michael Graves, Noise Pollution and The Atoms at The Square Centre in Photos
Tue 05 Feb 2019Our Richard Davies from Chud Photography & Digital Design got down to The Square Centre to check out former Misfits frontman Michael Graves, with support from Noise Pollution and The Atoms...
Art Review: Adrift by Harry Martin
Tue 05 Feb 2019Taking some time out for yersen can be something we don't do enough, our Ewan got down to Wessie B to go through a guided meditation with artist Harry Martin, before viewing his new exhibition 'Adrift'...
Under Cover Artist: Carrot
Tue 05 Feb 2019Carrots. If you’re looking, you’ll see them painted all over these streets. We got the notorious graffiti artist Carrot to dob us a cover and pull-out poster for this issue, and asked him what’s up, Doc...
Light Night 2019: Artist Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon Installation in the Royal Concert Hall
Thu 31 Jan 2019It's the closest this installation has ever been to Nottingham, so it's dead exciting...
An Evening With Michael Foale
Sat 26 Jan 2019Michael Foale, born in Lincolnshire, has been into space 6 times and was the first Brit ever selected by NASA. Our Gav wanted to be an astronaut so he went down to hear what Michael had to say.
Nottingham Bands and Artists - Send Us Music!
Sat 26 Jan 2019Want your music reviewed in LeftLion? Read on...
Paranoid Picnic at NAE
Tue 22 Jan 2019Paranoid Picnic: The Phantom BAME is a solo exhibition from Hardeep Pandhal taking place at the New Art Exchange from the 19th of January to the 17th of March. This is an exhibition of two halves, with one half in the NAE and the other taking place in Primary. We got trusty Caroline down to check it out...
Under Cover Artist: David Severn
Thu 03 Jan 2019This month’s cover artist is one of the most hardworking photographers in the city. Having just released his Whitby Goth Weekend photobook, and with a bunch of other projects in the pipeline, we sat down with David Severn to get the skinny on his wrestling shoot at Nottingham’s House of Pain, for this issue of LeftLion...
Theatre Review: Red Riding Hood at Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Theatre
Mon 17 Dec 2018We took a little person to Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Theatre to check out Red Riding Hood...
Art Review: Still I Rise - Feminisms, Gender, Resistance at Nottingham Contemporary
Mon 17 Dec 2018Brexit debates rage on. America divides under Trump’s presidency. And as we celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the women’s vote, the Nottingham Contemporary’s Still I Rise - Feminisms, Gender, Resistance could not be better-timed.
New Exhibition at Lakeside Arts Marks the Centenary Since the Death of British Artist Harold Gilman
Sat 15 Dec 2018Nottingham Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Gallery host the first extensive survey of his work in over 35 years with Beyond Camden Town...
Under Cover Artist: Robert Lever
Thu 13 Dec 2018We caught up with this month’s cover and poster artist, Robert Lever...
Nusic Future Session: The Fine Art Society
Mon 10 Dec 2018New Nottingham music from this bunch of talented boggers...
Panto Review: Beauty and the Beast at Nottingham Arts Theatre
Wed 05 Dec 2018We got down to Nottingham Arts Theatre to check out this year’s panto: Beauty and the Beast…
Director Jack Bond on Latest Documentary An Artist's Eyes
Tue 27 Nov 2018We caught up with the legendary director ahead of the release of his latest documentary, An Artist's Eyes...
Art Works: Woodworker Martin Sommerville at By Our Hands We Make Our Way
Sun 25 Nov 2018Martin Sommerville talks to us abaht his wooden puppet, Hobo...
Art Review: The Luminous at Surface Gallery
Thu 22 Nov 2018They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which can be difficult to determine in a day and age where we have social media ramming it’s notion of a ‘perfect’ woman down our throats left right and center. What if we knocked down those barriers and took a look at the extraordinary ordinary and gave them a platform to shine, to be luminous. That is what photographer Laura Dicken and The Renewal Trust have worked to complete alongside several of our very own women from Sneinton…
Art Works: Chantelle Arnold
Wed 21 Nov 2018Creator of the Bookish Plant Pots, Chantelle Arnold, had a chat with us abaht her works and her ever-growing plant collection...
Express Yourself in Notts: We Made a Zine with Hannah Whitlow and Dizzy Ink
Mon 12 Nov 2018We visited Nottingham Zine Library down at Nottingham Contemporary, to get inspired by the city in a zine workshop put together by Express Yourself...
Nottingham Greeting Card Business The Art File on Sustainability and the Creative Industry
Mon 12 Nov 2018Exchanging messages of goodwill has been common practice ever since the early Egyptians, who used papyrus scrolls to send greetings and sparked an international trend spanning centuries. While some may bash out a quick “happy birthday” text to their gran, the greeting card industry is still thriving. We sat down with James Mace, of local business The Art File, who explains why…
Nottingham Grime Artist Omari Grant Has Taken On the Regional Boxing Scene
Tue 06 Nov 2018Omari Grant – a force from Nottingham grime’s early days, also known as Kriptik – has recently been smashing it on the regional boxing scene under the alias of “The Praying Mantis”. Currently at seven undefeated wins, we sat down to find out what powers his success...
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