Opening week round-up On social media I’ve adopted the hashtag #ArtMarathon for the ‘feast’ of visual arts activity across Leeds and beyond triggered by the opening this past week of British Art Show 8 at Leeds Art Gallery. It’s the visual arts equivalent of three buses coming along at once. Here are my highlights soContinue reading “British Art Show 8 in Leeds”
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The Feast Wagon at The Tetley
The Feast Wagon features Lubaina Himid & Susan Walsh, Simeon Barclay and Delaine Le Bas 7 October 2015 – 10 January 2016 I’m incredibly proud that this visually rich and rewarding exhibition is one of the last projects I co-curated at The Tetley, alongside Zoë Sawyer and Leeds-based researcher Irfan Shah. The project began in conversation withContinue reading “The Feast Wagon at The Tetley”
Urgent appeal on behalf of Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Leeds
On Wednesday I attended the opening of Set The Controls’ latest exhibition, Pedestrian Confetti, a solo show by Glasgow-based artist Toby Christian. It’s a great example of how this place invites artists from outside Leeds to show here for the first time and to play with reasonably large-scale, experimental installations. But there’s a BIG problem…Continue reading “Urgent appeal on behalf of Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Leeds”
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