self-portrait of Alice Neel as an old woman, sitting on a blue-and-white striped chair, nude, holding a paintbrush

Alice Neel: “Hot Off The Griddle”

Posted on March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 by Julia Johnson

Barbican (London) until 21st May 2023, £18

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photograph from a film of a figure in an elaborate gold outfit, including a full gold face mask with a crown, in front of a blue cave background. Photo from Josefa Ntjam's Dislocation

Josèfa Ntjam: “When the moon dreamed of the ocean”

Posted on January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 by Julia Johnson

FACT, until 9th April 2023, free

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The Turner Prize 2022

Posted on November 7, 2022November 8, 2022 by Julia Johnson

Tate Liverpool, until 19th March 2023, free

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image of all ten of OUTPUT's postal exhibition prints gather together

Postal Exhibitions from OUTPUT

Posted on February 6, 2022February 6, 2022 by Julia Johnson

Artists: Jon Edgley, Donal Moloney, Podge, Mali Draper & Dan Waine, Radical Womxn’s Dance Party, Leo Fitzmaurice, Hassnat Sikander, Sumuyya Khader, Golden Harvest Industries, David Blandy, Gabrielle de la Puente & Harriet Burns

Collected between December 2020 & February 2022

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Messy Lines Top 5 (things which helped me through) 2020

Posted on December 27, 2020June 30, 2021 by Julia Johnson

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the word 'sanctuary' types in small black letters in the centre of a salmon pink backdrop

Elle Bulger: “Sanctuary”

Posted on December 6, 2020December 16, 2020 by Julia Johnson

Online via Convenience Gallery/ Itch.io, Part one of growth;infinity

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black and white cartoon figure with wings looking up and text saying "I'd Fly If I Could Fly"

Jon A Edgley: “Staff Only”

Posted on September 13, 2020June 30, 2021 by Julia Johnson

Book, £10

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Messy Lines’ Top 5 of 2019

Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 by Julia Johnson

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Scene setting

Posted on July 14, 2018July 14, 2018 by Julia Johnson

Hi everyone. I was asked by the Art Fund to write a guide to Liverpool. We’ve got so much great art, culture and food, and they thought you might need a hand choosing where to head if you only have a day. So here it is: 800 words on some of my favourite places in Read more about Scene setting[…]

Messy Lines’ Top 5 of 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017June 30, 2021 by Julia Johnson

2017 has been a big year. […]