It’s the start of a new year, and nearly every publication out there seems to have an article about the exciting things the contemporary art world has in store for us in 2020. If you’re […]
Toxic Waste: We’ve Got to Do Better
Last week, a report conducted by the environmental organisation IPEN found hazardously high levels of various toxic chemicals, including dioxin – a pollutant linked to cancer, birth defects and Parkinson’s disease – to have contaminated […]
The Naming of Sir Philip Green: Win For Workplace Rights or Defeat For Democracy?
The cover-up of workplace harassment by the wealthy was once again brought to the forefront of both parliamentary and public attention last week, with The Telegraph revealing that they had been prevented from sharing information […]
Is It Time We Forget About ‘The Breakfast Club’?
“How are we meant to feel about art that we both love and oppose?” This is the question put forward by actress and author Molly Ringwald in her recently published essay, and, at a time […]
Proposed Carriageworks Changes Under Scrutiny
Leeds Community Arts Network have called on the City Council to scrap proposed changes to The Carriageworks Theatre, with their chairman suggesting that such changes could “kill off” Community Arts in Leeds. Built in 2005 […]
#MeToo
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Following the allegations surrounding Harvey Weinstein, the hashtag ‘MeToo’ has taken over Twitter feeds worldwide, with thousands of victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault coming forward to show how prevalent the issue really […]
Lavinia Woodward – Unfairly Judged
An Oxford student ‘too bright’ for prison is spared jail for stabbing boyfriend’. If you’ve been active on social media over the last couple of weeks, it likely you’ve seen at least one variant of […]
Doomsday prep for the super rich
While many see it as a pastime exclusively reserved for the ultra-religious, and for paranoid eccentrics who wear tinfoil hats and have sheds full of canned food, preparing for doomsday is now a trend sweeping […]
The Turner Prize 2016
Gaudy, vital and more controversial than ever, The Turner Prize is back. Writer Connie Lawfull takes us through this year‘s Turner Prize nominees. The Turner prize shook up the art world once again in 2015, […]