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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…
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
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.
Nottingham Craft Beer Festival is Happening in Sneinton Market
Mon 23 Apr 2018The secret is out. We’re gerrin’ involved in summat exciting, soon to hit the avenues...
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...
Art Works: Siddharth Varma
Sun 25 Mar 2018Local artist, Siddharth Varma, on his beautiful ink masterpiece...
Crop Up Gallery: The Student Run Curatorial Group Giving Art Students Their Big Break
Thu 22 Mar 2018As any depressed graduate will tell you, a lot of jobs will ask you for experience in your field. But you’ve been too busy studying… well, sort of. Actually you’ve been playing prosecco pong and skinny dipping in the Market Square fountain. When were you meant to get this experience anyway? Well, that’s where Crop Up Gallery is lending a hand...
Art Review: Strike Site at Backlit
Mon 05 Mar 2018Strike Site brings together a number of artworks created in response to the current refugee crisis. Spanning several rooms of former factory Backlit, the pieces evoke contrasting feelings of stubborn presence and fleeting transportability. Seeking refuge from the snow, we followed curator and Chair of the Board of New Contemporaries Sacha Craddock on a tour around the exhibition...
The Sneinton Cider Company Have Lauched Their First Brew at The King Billy Pub
Mon 26 Feb 2018The Sneinton Cider Company make tasty, fruity booze from apples sourced locally from within the area. Co-founder James ‘JD’ Atkin tells us how he set up the company along with Sam Horsburgh and Conor Lynam, and why gherkins make a surprisingly good ingredient for cider…
Watercolour Records: Harnessing The Art of Sound
Sat 17 Feb 2018Ahead of their launch night, we find out more about Nottingham's newest record label that promises 'electronic music with a deeper edge'...
THiNK are Running an Album Art Competition for their Spring Open Exhibition
Tue 13 Feb 2018Have you ever looked at an album cover and thought “I could gi’ that a go”? If so, then you can show off your artistic prowess at THiNK’s Spring Open Exhibition. Whether you’re an established artist or just interested in trying something new, between Thursday 29 March and Sunday 29 April, you can have your artwork hanging in a proper gallery. With no entry fee and the competition open to all ages, there is only one rule: all works must be original pieces.
Art Review: From Ear to Ear to Eye at Nottingham Contemporary
Thu 08 Feb 2018Featuring work from almost twenty artists and researchers, this exhibition tells stories from across the Arab world. Through photography, sculpture, music and video, the artists paint a picture of countries with a fierce, independent identity, both separate from and entwined with the violent depictions we see in the media...
Art Review: The Real DMZ at New Art Exchange
Wed 31 Jan 2018The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a no-man’s-land strip that has divided North and South Korea since the end of the Korean war in 1953. Contrary to its name, it’s one of the most heavily militarized areas in the world, and has been the unwitting inspiration for some seriously interesting pieces of art...
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