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Art Works: Mariano Doronzo

Wed 01 Feb 2017

A local artist talks about his photography project - Through The Looking Glass...

Lord Biro Presents Woodie Woodpecker's Anti-Fracking Art Show

Mon 30 Jan 2017

Lord Biro, aka Buss Pass Elvis, gets lyrical about the threat of fracking in Sherwood Forest in his own unique way...

Video Artist Barret Hodgson on Chinese New Year Celebrations 2017

Sat 28 Jan 2017

The University of Nottingham decided to change thing up this year and instead of their usual fireworks display to celebrate the Chinese New Year, they got Nottingham video artist and digital producer Barret Hodgson to apply some magic to the Trent Building...

Art Review: Chinese New Year at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Tue 24 Jan 2017

It's the Year of the Rooster, so get your cock crowing. We got down to Lakeside Arts to get a look at the launch of their extravagant Chinese New Year celebrations...

7 Ways to Get Involved in Nottingham Art

Mon 23 Jan 2017

Like any decent city, Nottingham has a rich history of art that goes beyond the crude doodles in the gents toilets in some of the choicer pubs. No, from traditional paintings to contemporary international art, to some of the UK’s finest graff writers, you can lose yourself in arty, cultural stuff. To save you wandering around aimlessly, here’s our seven-point starter guide to Nottingham’s art scene...

Stories of Sneinton Market

Tue 17 Jan 2017

A Saturday and Monday ritual, perfect for meeting friends, searching for bargains, and earning a living. Sneinton Market spawned many businesses for the people of Nottingham, and some families ended up running their own market stalls. Stallholders were often larger-than-life characters, valuing their family heritage and passing on their trade to their children. Steve Coxon comes from a line of barrow boys and carries on the disappearing tradition of the general dealer with a second-hand shop in Victoria Road, Netherfield. Colin Haynes interviewed him as part of a Heritage Lottery funded project, Stories of Sneinton Market.

Art Review: Castle Ruins – A Celebration of Rejection

Tue 17 Jan 2017

13 artists out of the 447 rejected form this year’s Castle Open exhibition have come together at The King Billy pub in Sneinton to offer a truly enjoyable show. This one goes down well with a pint or two of snake eyes and a packet of crisps...

Sherwood Art Week’s Remarkable Recycling Gala is Open for Applications

Tue 17 Jan 2017

Every year the Sherwood community gets together to create a massive pile of art, and they’re inviting the greenies among you to get stuck in…

Art Exhibition Review: Marguerite Humeau and Otobong Nkanga at Nottingham Contemporary

Sun 01 Jan 2017

This stunning and immersive two-part exhibition presents work from Antwerp-based Nigerian artist Otobong Nkanga with her first solo exhibition in the UK, alongside work from London-based French artist Marguerite Humeau.

Advertising Sectioned: Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedia (1913)

Tue 27 Dec 2016

Marketing material ripped from the pages of Nottingham's history...

Performance Poet Luke Wright is Coming to Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Tue 29 Nov 2016

Theatre maker and performance poet Luke Wright smashed the stage at Nottingham Poetry Festival last year. Now, he’s back to perform, at Djanogly Theatre at Nottingham Lakeside Arts, with What I Learned From Johnny Bevan. We put a few questions to the man himself ahead of the show…

Art Exhibition Review: My Granddad’s Car at New Art Exchange

Tue 29 Nov 2016

Follow the story of how two men - Sayed Hasan and Karl Ohiri - pursued the quest of moving two cars...

Surface Gallery's EM16: Pulse Exhibiting Artists

Thu 17 Nov 2016

As the eighth East Midlands Graduate Project comes to a close, we delve into the works of each of the exhibiting artists. The project supports fine art graduates as they transition from university to the professional art world, offering up four-week residencies on Surface Gallery's top-floor project space...

Fine Craft Fair Lustre at Nottingham Lakeside Arts This Weekend

Sat 12 Nov 2016

For those of you who enjoy creativity and the finer things in life, this is the Christmas market for you. Over the course of the weekend, the Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Gallery, Wallner Gallery and Djanogly Theatre have been turned into an indoor bazaar full of quality art and handmade luxuries that you can ogle at, swoon over and take home if you wish.

Art Works: Laura Mathews' Turquoise Flying Horse

Tue 01 Nov 2016

This local artist lets us in on the creative process for her MDF creatures...

Art Works: Dani Leber's Detailed Illustrations

Tue 01 Nov 2016

This local artist lets us in on the creative process undertaken for her illustration, Om...

Art Review: Making Beauty at Djanogly Gallery

Tue 18 Oct 2016

Beauty comes from the inside, as Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva proves in her latest exhibition

Art Review: Anna K.E's Leaving The Rock Stage at Primary

Fri 14 Oct 2016

"It's an open question as to whether these explicit but neutral images... are designed to invite or deflect the act of looking"

Art Works: David Corbett

Thu 13 Oct 2016

"The intention was to express the unpredictability, dynamism and spectacle of environmental protest, and to evoke the same moments of fluctuating harmony and chaos"

Art Works: Yajie 'Sophie' Jiang

Thu 13 Oct 2016

"I don't tell the clay how to move, rather I 'listen' to it and feel how it wants to form"

Hockley Hustle in Pictures - Forever Records, The Angel, Bunkers Hill, Bad JuJu and Hockley Arts Club

Tue 11 Oct 2016

With Hallouminati, I Am Starz, Minatore, No Drone, Deadbeat At Dawn, Juneau, Rattle, 94 Gunships, and loads more

Art Works: Ryan Ware

Wed 21 Sep 2016

"Realism has been a style of artwork that has been of interest to me throughout my years as a practising artist, and a passion for cars and motorsport goes hand in hand"