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Nottingham Mela Festival 2018 in Photos
Wed 05 Sep 2018Celebrating thirty years of Nottingham Mela, New Art Exchange, Hockley and the Arboretum were filled with South Asian arts and culture. Our Mann Hans got down and took some snaps for LeftLion...
Live Music Review: Electronic Music Open Mic Night at The Chameleon Arts Cafe
Fri 24 Aug 2018We got down to The Chameleon Arts Cafe to checkout the open mic night with an electronic twist...
Sneinton Market Street Art Block Party 2018
Tue 21 Aug 2018The Surface Gallery's annual Block party at Sneinton market is always a hit with the locals of Nottingham, great music, fantastic healthy food and unique urban market stalls. It’s a great opportunity to kick back and enjoy the city vibes, watch some skateboarding, hang out and of course check out some live street art.
Under Cover Artist: Displaced/Replaced
Thu 16 Aug 2018From Donald Trump being held hostage on Derby Road, to glitched-out riot police down Sneinton Market, there’ve been a few paste-ups appearing around the city of late. We managed to pin down the person responsible for the political artwork across Nottingham, and got ‘em to do a cover for us. Here, Displaced/Replaced talks about what inspires them, and why they’re questioning the system through art...
What's on New Art Exchange's New Menu?
Tue 07 Aug 2018New Art Exchange have a brand spanking new chef and have revamped their menu with world foods galore…
Art Works: Alex MacNaughton's Pet Portraits
Wed 25 Jul 2018Alex MacNaughton tell us all abaht how her proper good pawtrait business came to be...
Art Review: Mountain of Tongues at Backlit Studios
Wed 25 Jul 2018Our Adrian went to Backlit to find that although Mountain of Tongues has just finished, but nothing stops him from a good review. Better late than never, he says...
Art Works: Nicola Halford
Mon 09 Jul 2018Nottingham artist Nicola Halford gives us the lowdown on her glass panel painting...
Art Review: Darbar Fringe at New Art Exchange
Fri 06 Jul 2018Our Adrian popped dahn to the New Art Exchange to check out the Darbar Fringe Festival...
Under Cover Artist: Nicholas Wright
Fri 06 Jul 2018We grabbed a few words from July's cover and poster artist...
Art Review: Black Dolls The Power of Representation at Sudbury Hall
Thu 05 Jul 2018Panya Banjoko explores the powerful exhibition about black dolls and how they have been perceived...
Nottingham Artist Trekkah Benjamin Visits USA on Roosevelt Scholarship
Thu 05 Jul 2018We had a chit-chat with Trekka Benjamin, who is jettin' off to the states on the Roosevelt Scholarship to learn about how we can improve community arts in the city...
Art Review: SEE HERE at the former Neale’s Auction House
Tue 19 Jun 2018We joined a celebration of Nottingham’s diverse art scene housed in a breathtaking non-gallery space…
Make Your Cake and Eat It with Sherwood Textile Workshop
Thu 14 Jun 2018Do you know your ganache from your mirror glaze, your Battenburg from your Victoria sponge, your macarons from your macaroons?
Art Review: Nottingham Trent University Fine Art Degree Show 2018
Tue 12 Jun 2018Supersized food and bizarre experiences lie in wait at Nottingham Trent University’s Fine Art Degree Show. Here are some of our favourite installation pieces lurking inside the Bonnington Building...
Art Review: The House of Fame at Nottingham Contemporary
Wed 06 Jun 2018Linder Sterling is a fascinating character. In the mid-seventies, she edited herself down to one name, hung out with some of the biggest musicians of the decade and became one of the key artists in the British punk and post-punk movement, using her preferred technique of photomontage to create her politically charged artwork. The House of Fame has been convened by Linder and includes work of her own, work from those who have inspired her, and loans from Chatsworth House, where Linder resides as Artist in Residence.
In Another Place: Local Artists Display Work on Billboards Across East Midlands
Fri 01 Jun 2018Advertising bombards our everyday lives, our data isn’t safe anymore, we can’t escape consumerism and it all seems a bit bleak, doesn’t it? What if we could take that advert for the jasmine scented extra-frothy body wash that we can't seem to avoid and replace it with art? Replace the ordinary with something extraordinary. If your peepers have been extra focused, you may have noticed that across the East Midlands, that is exactly what’s happening...
Architects of Air's 2018 Luminarium at Highfields Park in Photos
Wed 30 May 2018Ahhh, so pretteh. Our Dan got down to Nottingham Lakeside Arts to take a few snaps of the latest Luminarium from Architects of Air...
10 Artists to Clock at Dot to Dot 2018
Fri 25 May 2018Who's worth getting ahead of the queues for at this year's Dot to Dot festival?
Art Review: Zanele Muholi's Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail The Dark Lioness at New Art Exchange
Fri 11 May 2018We got down to New Art Exchange's latest exhibition Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail The Dark Lioness
Poetry Profile: Translating Activism Workshop with Kalyani Thakur, Sipra Mukherjee, and Jo Dixon
Sat 05 May 2018If you thought that we'd be sick of poetry after last week's festival, you'd be dead wrong. Today we're highlighting the incredible work of Kalyani Thakur, a Dalit poet and political activist from West Bengal, following her appearance at the Translating Activism workshop hosted by the Postcolonial Studies Centre at Nottingham Trent University.
Nottingham Poetry Festival 2018: All We Need Is The Art of Love
Fri 27 Apr 2018We've been looking forward to this one: “super sibilant sisters” Panya Banjoko and Abii spent their evening exploring their heritage through vibrant verse and music at the stellar Soetry event. We sent our Chloe Rose Whitmore down to hear what they had to say.
Exhibition Review: Scaling the Sublime – Art at the Limits of Landscape at Djanogly Gallery
Thu 29 Mar 2018Romanticism, in literature, art, music and thought, changed the world. But as this new exhibition at Djanogly Gallery hopes to show, the tropes, moods and key landscape interests of the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century now influences a new generation of artists. The show-stopper here – and effective summary of the show – is Mariele Neudecker’s big installation After-Life which succeeds in referencing a broad range of Romantic artists and issues...
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