Image: Kiss Kiss Kill Kill Archive The mention of spy films alone is enough to make people instantly think of James Bond. Beyond the suited and booted gadget-wielding Bond, though, lies a canon of European […]
Art | Alfred Drury – Victorian sculpture on campus
Image: Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery Tucked away in the Stanley and Audrey Burton gallery is a small yet extensive exhibition of Alfred Drury’s life works. An influential architectural sculptor of the Victorian and Edwardian […]
Art | PAN Berlin
Image: PAN Leeds College of Art is currently hosting an exhibition from PAN, the Berlin based record label who have become critically acclaimed as a platform for experimental sound and art. With the exhibition showcasing […]
Art | MEXICO Member's Show – The artists say farewell to Wharf Street
Image: m-e-x-i-c-o Times are changing for the directors of Mexico, who this week held their last ever show in the Wharf Street gallery. The mood of the room, however, was not one of teary goodbyes. […]
Features | Selfies – Yay or Nay?
Selfies are a product of our generation, bred from the rise of the iPhone. But do they represent something more; the redefining of self image? Yay As we grow up we’re bombarded with oppressive […]
Photography | Chen Man – Sparking the Imagination
photo: Chen Man 4/5 Chen Man is world renowned for her photography and it isn’t difficult to see why. The exhibition space at the Stanley and Audrey Burton gallery may only display a small selection […]
Art | Scenery at & Model Gallery – minimalism gone too far
photo: John Skoog 2/5 Stars & Model is quite the trendy contemporary art gallery, you can deduce it from their opening times alone (Wednesday-Saturday, 2-5pm, or by appointment). Spread over three floors this month is […]
Art | Anthony Browne – Through the Magic Mirror
4/5 Stars Most of us will have read a book by Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne. Whether it was the recognisable gorilla characters across his books, Willy the Champ, Into the Tunnel or My Dad (to […]
Art | Nocturne at Leeds City Gallery – creatures of the night
4/5 Stars The Leeds City Art Gallery cites James Attlee’s ‘Nocturne’ (2011) as the inspiration behind the exhibition, from the section in which he states that ‘it is scarcely more than a century since the […]
Blogs | Girls Who Draw
I only tend to venture into Headingley if I really must. It’s not you, Headingley, it’s me. It is pure laziness on my part and, as I’m sure most Hyde Park inhabitants will agree, it […]
Blogs | A Wee Trip To Glasgow
I decided to take a little weekend trip to Glasgow for the weekend. My brother and friend (who goes to the art school) both live there, so I had the perfect excuse. I had been […]
Leeds College of Art | Psychedelic Posters from the 1960's – Expand Your Mind
Known as the “turbulent sixties”, 1960s America saw the rise of civil unrest, driven by the youth culture that were newly intoxicated by sex, drugs, rock and roll. The artists of this time toyed around […]