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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"Ukrainian Girl" by Ilya Repin, Realist painting of a young woman in traditional Ukrainian dress, wearing a wreath of flowers on her hair. Previously considered a work of Russian art

Let’s Talk About: A Reassessment

Posted on February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 by Julia Johnson

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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Installation view of Heather Phillipson's work in The Turner Prize 2022 at Tate Liverpool

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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Painting by Fion Gunn from Arrivals/Departures. Square canvas looking through a porthole at a sea covered in ships and birds, with mixed details of these around the edge.

Fion Gunn: “Arrivals/ Departures”

Posted on September 12, 2022January 16, 2023 by Julia Johnson

Victoria Gallery, until 23rd December, free

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Photograph taken at ABBA Voyage - the four ABBA band members silhouetted on stage by white lights

Let’s Talk About: ABBA Voyage

Posted on September 1, 2022September 1, 2022 by Julia Johnson

It’s utterly wonderful – and might change the world as we know it.

*Contains mild spoilers for ABBA Voyage*

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Installation shot of Ellie Hoskins' "Everything Is Futile",. A blue human-like figure with exaggerated limbs slouches on the floor, cigarette in mouth and beer cans by the side.

Ellie Hoskins: “Everything! Is! Futile!”

Posted on July 25, 2022August 8, 2022 by Julia Johnson

OUTPUT, until 7th August, free

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Radical Landscapes

Posted on June 12, 2022September 5, 2022 by Julia Johnson

Tate Liverpool, until 4th September, £13.50

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$Photo of a banner hanging from an archway in an art gallery, reading "Refractive Pool"$

Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting in Liverpool

Posted on June 5, 2022January 9, 2023 by Julia Johnson

Refractive Pool: Contemporary Painting in Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, until 8th January 2023, pay what you think

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a sculpture suspended from the ceiling by a pole of a stylised face with a wide open mouth - extremely wide dn round, like a speaker. The shadow of the sculpture is cast on the wall behind

Let The Song Hold Us

Posted on April 26, 2022July 7, 2022 by Julia Johnson

FACT, until 19th June, free

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