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Exhibition Review: Be Loved at Primary

Be Loved allows a playful and personal glance into Carmen Argote’s digestion of a space, in dialogue with each environment she inhabits. Developed through a residency at Primary, and including pieces previously crafted in Los Angeles, this exhibition encompasses works on paper, video, and sculpture. We take a look at the expansive new project...

Exhibition Review: Breaking the Mould at Djanogly Gallery

Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945 makes its way to Djanogly Gallery, surveying foundational works by artists including Barbara Hepworth, Sarah Lucas, and Mona Hatoum, defiantly attempting to reclaim the place women hold in art history...

Exhibition Review: The Joy of Sculpture at Bonington Gallery

Few twentieth century artists have impacted the cultural zeitgeist like Andrew Logan has, leaving a lasting impact on filmmakers like Derek Jarman and cultural icons such as Malcolm Mclaren and Vivienne Westwood. Now, the artist is the focus of The Joy of Sculpture at Bonington Gallery, displaying jewellery, sculptures, and portraiture taken from Logan’s fifty year career…

Lust: “Lust Is Not a Wholly Undesirable Feeling or Experience” Why the Principle of 'Lust' Has Been Misunderstood for Too Long

Historically, the word lust has been plagued with negative connotations, weaponised as it has been to condemn an emotion that, within a safe and consensual setting, is ultimately healthy. But it’s time, writes Amelia Flanagan, for the word to be recontextualised...

Pride: Four of Nottingham’s Reality Stars Lift the Lid on Their TV Experience

Some wanted fame, some wanted success and some just wanted to have a bit of fun. No matter what their motivations, our Notts reality TV stars have all experienced the good and the bad of becoming almost famous. From chasing chickens for Lord Sugar to baking Battenberg for Paul Hollywood, here’s what they had to say about their time on Come Dine With Me, The X Factor, The Great British Bake Off and The Apprentice...

Tracy Neale of Extinction Rebellion Nottingham on the Fight for the Future

A self-proclaimed rebel, Tracy Neale is on the front line in the fight for our future in her role with Extinction Rebellion. I spoke to Tracy about her active role in the XR Nottingham faction and beyond in order to understand a movement which is so much bigger than any individual...

Review: Robin Perko at Broadway Cinema Gallery

Raised in Nottingham and trained across Europe, portrait painter Robin Perko's work is currently being exhibited at the Broadway Cinema Gallery...

University of Nottingham's Mental Health Expert Paul Crawford Gives Advice to New Students

Paul Crawford is a mental health campaigner and professor of Health Humanities at the University of Nottingham, a discipline which explores how the arts and humanities can inform public health. He talks us through the challenges we’re likely to encounter at university and gives some tips on how to handle them...

Preview: Nottingham Mela at New Art Exchange

Nottingham Mela Network is taking over New Art Exchange from Friday 10 - 12 September with a programme featuring live music, art workshops and much more…. 

Paul Smith Talks Hello, My Name is Paul Smith Exhibition at Nottingham Castle

We get a one time only look around as Sir Paul Smith makes a homecoming to Nottingham Castle to visit the Hello, My Name is Paul Smith exhibition on its last stop of a fourteen-country world tour – the Design Museum’s most successful touring exhibition in its history.

New Art Exchange Launch New Season to Highlight Anti-Racist Work and Young Black Artists

Starting on 13 August, the new season will feature workshops, galleries and more...

7 Art Exhibitions to Check Out in August

Art co-Editor Rachel Willcocks previews seven art exhibitions that you can check out this month...

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 30: Ilene Starger on Her Experience as Casting Director

A $50 million budget, Hollywood’s biggest star, England’s most famous legend, an Oscar nomination, a BAFTA win, a song that became one of the best-selling singles of all time, that performance from Alan Rickman and a box office take of almost $400 million. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves left a huge impact on the legacy of Nottingham’s folk hero and, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of its release, we caught up with some of the people responsible for bringing it to life, finishing with Ilene Starger...

Don’t Blame the Blacks Exhibition Highlights Extraordinary Activism of Oswald George Powe

Available at Nottingham Castle until Sunday 22 August, Don’t Blame the Blacks is an exhibition that highlights the groundbreaking activism of labour unionist Oswald George Powe and showcases the boundless talents of black artists in Nottingham. Alex Stubbs reviews this one-of-a-kind collection…

Student Exhibition Showcases Innovative Architectural Visions of Nottingham

A free exhibition showcasing students’ work from the University of Nottingham’s Department of Architecture and Built Environment comes to St Mary’s Church this week. The exhibition, Project: Nottingham, responds to a variety of briefs for sites within the city, with design drivers including ‘carbon neutral’ Nottingham and the city’s COVID recovery.

Immersive Dino Kingdom Experience Comes to Thoresby Park

Fancy a trip back in time to walk among the dinosaurs? Well the opportunity to do so is closer than you might imagine. Dino Kingdom, an immersive outdoor experience, comes to Thoresby Park this autumn...

Arboretum Sunsets Offers an Exciting Line-Up of Musicians, Comedians and More

The series of outdoor events is taking place throughout the summer, and there's a bit of something for everyone... 

Nottingham Poetry Festival's Creative Director Anne Holloway on Her Career Highlights and What You Can Expect from This Year's Festival

As Creative Director for Nottingham Poetry Festival, founding editor of Big White Shed and a former member of Mouthy Poets, Anne Holloway has just about seen and done it all on the Notts poetry scene. She talked to Bridie Squires about her work, career and what to expect from the upcoming festival...

Phoebe Boswell's Here is Finally Opening at the New Art Exchange After a Year's Delay

Phoebe Boswell's exhibition Here sat half-put together at New Art Exchange from April 2020, unable to open for just over a year while we on the outside battled with lockdown and months of separation. But in early May, the award-winning artist was back in Nottingham putting the finishing touches together, to finally prepare to open her show.

Here is a beautiful accumulation of the nuances and complexities of communities, voices, hearts, and histories which, like her own, are often systematically marginalised, simplified, pacified, homogenised, or side-lined as 'other'. These different perspectives collide and become monumental together. Combining draftswomanship and digital technology, layering drawing, animation, sound, video, and interactivity, the exhibition brings together new and existing artworks, some of which have not been seen in the UK before. Rachel Willcocks caught up with Phoebe to find out about her work, and how she’s found the past year...

8 Art Exhibitons to Check Out in Nottingham in 2021

Our Art team runs through the most exciting, innovative and immersive exhibitions and collections which will be taking over our city’s venues over the next five months...

Nottingham Castle is Reopening, and This is What You Can Expect...

The wait is finally over, and one of Nottingham’s most loved cultural attractions is gearing up to welcome the public back after an extensive redevelopment. We spoke to Alex Broughton at Nottingham Castle Trust to find out what people can expect from the reopening of Nottingham Castle...

Review: Here, the Gold Ones Meet at Bonington Gallery

The re-opening of Bonington Gallery on Monday 17 May saw the launch of Here, the Gold Ones Meet, the result of Nottingham-based collective Reactor’s six-year-long The Gold Ones project...

Paul Smith Exhibition Set To Open Nottingham Castle

Nottingham Castle, has revealed it will be welcoming city-legend Paul Smith back to his hometown, in conjunction with the Design Museum, as its first major exhibition since its £30million redevelopment...

Nottingham Forest Fan Rich Fisher Releases a Documentary About a Once in a Lifetime Road Trip

Way back in 2008, Rich Fisher headed to Mongolia with his friend Ed on a road trip. In the back of his mind, he always had the intention of making the journey into a film, but life got in the way. That was until the world came to a grinding halt, allowing Rich the time to finally create Rich and Ed’s Excellent Adventure – the story of two Forest fans on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to the other side of the world. Roshan Chandy catches up with the Notts-based filmmaker to find out more… 

Nottingham Contemporary's Loudspeaker: An Artist-Led Creative Project Encouraging Women to Express Themselves

Art Co-Editor Laura-Jade Vaughan explores the impact of Loudspeaker, Nottingham Contemporary’s artist-led creative project for women looking to explore contemporary art, express themselves and develop their self-confidence in a safe and fun environment...