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Author: Julia Johnson

The inevitable end?

Posted on November 13, 2016January 23, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Keith Piper: Unearthing the Banker’s Bones, The Bluecoat, until 22nd January 2017, free

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Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, change, economy, fear, hope, Liverpool, post-apocalypseLeave a comment

Let’s Talk About It #10: what might have been

Posted on November 4, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

I’ve mentioned Constructivism a few times recently […]

Posted in Home, Let's Talk About ItTagged art, Contructivist, design, Politics, poster, revolution, RussiaLeave a comment

Messy Lines in Stockholm

Posted on November 2, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

If art is one of the things I get the most excited about in life, travel is most definitely another. […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, On my travelsTagged art, contemporary art, gallery, modern art, museum, Sweden, travel2 Comments

Space, shape and intention

Posted on October 26, 2016March 12, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Edward Krasiński, Tate Liverpool, untuil 5th March 2017, £11 (includes entry to Yves Klein) […]

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Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, form, Krasinski, Polish, Tate1 Comment
©Yves Klein, ADAGP, Paris/ DACS, London, 2016

The Theatre of the Void

Posted on October 24, 2016March 12, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Yves Klein, Tate Liverpool, until 5th March 2017, £11 (includes entrance to Edward Krasinski) […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, Art History, blue, colour, elements, France, French, perception, performance, Yves Klein1 Comment

Let’s Talk About It #9: No space for art?

Posted on October 14, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

This week the news broke that Art History A-Level is being axed.

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Posted in Home, Let's Talk About ItTagged art, Art History, education, freedom, history, PoliticsLeave a comment

A Tale of Two Beds

Posted on October 9, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

It’s an unusual month in which not one, but two, art exhibitions in Liverpool feature beds. […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, bed, establishment, Liverpool, punkLeave a comment

Need! Want! Now!

Posted on September 30, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

The Wonder of it All, The Gallery Liverpool (Stanhope Street L8 5RE), until Thursday 6th October, free, 1-5pm […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, China, culture, environmentalism, flowers, Liverpool, painting, recycling1 Comment

Style with substance

Posted on September 26, 2016January 4, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Vogue 100: A Century of Style, Manchester Art Gallery, until 30th October, free […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged classic, elegance, fashion, Manchester, photograph, photography, style, Vogue1 Comment

Sex, judgement, and artistic ambition

Posted on September 18, 2016September 7, 2017 by Julia Johnson

Tracey Emin & William Blake in Focus, Tate Liverpool, until 3rd September 2017, free. […]

Posted in Exhibitions, Home, Past exhibitionsTagged art, Art History, bed, culture, Liverpool, Tracey Emin, William Blake, Young British Artists1 Comment

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