On a mild Friday evening in mid-October, a week or so before the clocks went back, the third Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival (WCAF) launched. For the majority of the evening, […]

Colour, as Josef Albers astutely observed, ‘deceives continually.’[i] As I write this text on a laborious train journey, the seat before me, I would argue, is a faded medium vermillion red, in […]

If you trawl through the abundance of press releases, organisational remits and artistic opportunities available online, you will likely notice a recurring word. The core meanings of this simple noun […]

Kevin Hunt ‘Seeing is Believing’  Kevin Hunt is an artist and curator based in Liverpool and a studio member of The Royal Standard. Jack Welsh interviewed Kevin ahead of the opening of ‘easy does […]

Book Review: One Thing Leads to Another – Everything is Connected: Art on the Underground 26 November 2012 In public transport, even the smallest delay can trigger bouts of extreme […]

This Saturday, I will be on a panel discussion on writing in the arts. The event, hosted by the excellent The Double Negative, marks the end of Portfolio NW at […]

As part of my contribution to Portfolio NW at the Bluecoat, I have invited a selection of writers, artists, academics and curators to contribute a text to a dedicated a-n […]

I have contributed an essay for the forthcoming exhibition at the Bluecoat, Portfolio NW. The private view is tomorrow night Thursday 25 July 6-8pm. Portfolio NW Fri, 26 Jul 2013 […]