Review: History is Now
- By Jack
History Is Now: 7 Artists Take On Britain Hayward Gallery, London / Tue 10 Feb 2015–Sun 26 Apr 2015 With campaigning for the 2015 General Election vigorously under way, three artists – […]
CVAN NW Critical Writing Bursary
- By Jack
I’m delighted to say that I’ve been successful in securing a place on Contemporary Visual Arts Network North West’s critical writing programme. Having attended the first workshop two weeks ago, I’m […]
Review: Not: The Art of Resistance
- By Jack
Not: The Art of Resistance, Holden Gallery, Manchester (19 January – 27 February 2015) In Herman Melville’s novella Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853), the narrator recounts the story of Bartleby, a […]
Feature: Art Party – The Skinny
- By Jack
You Would Cry Too If It Happened to You: Bob and Roberta Smith’s Art Party When Bob and Roberta Smith wrote his public letter of protest against the marginalisation of […]
Drawing Paper 7
- By Jack
I have new drawing work in the excellent Drawing Paper, produced by Mike Carney and Jon Barraclough: After almost 2 years of Tumblr radio silence we are pleased to announce […]
Article: Asia Triennial Manchester 2014
- By Jack
When the inaugural Asia Triennial Manchester launched in 2008, global interest in Asian art had hit unprecedented levels. An increasing awareness of the exciting work being made across the vast […]
Article: Class Of 2014
- By Jack
Class Of 2014: The North-West’s Top Emerging Artists Unveiled As the degree show season descends, Jack Welsh asks universities across the North-West to nominate their best visual art graduates… For […]
Preview: A New Reality Part 2
- By Jack
Two new exhibitions and a series of artist residencies feature in the second phase of The Tetley’s relaunch: A New Reality Part 2. Launching a major new contemporary arts space […]
Tate Britain: Phyllida Barlow
- By Jack
Tate Britain Commission 2014: Phyllida Barlow The vast, neoclassical Duveen Galleries at Tate Britain aren’t traditionally associated with anarchic, sculptural chaos. Yet septuagenarian British sculptor Phyllida Barlow has managed to […]
Essay: A Sense of Place
- By Jack
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, […]