An American Stuckist?s Perspective on the Liverpool Biennial LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL: Stuck In Liverpool By Jesse Richards Peter Johansson, Swedish Red House. Photo by Jesse Richards Stuck In Liverpool An American Stuckist?s Perspective on the Liverpool Biennial and the Stuckists Punk Victorian at the Walker As our coach pulled into Liverpool?s Norton Street Station, I felt […]

The first full-scale exhibition celebrating what the catalogue rightfully calls "the art, pioneering teaching methods and spirit" of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898-1944) has recently opened at the Jewish Museum. Friedl Dicker-Brandeis By Harriet Zinnes The first full-scale exhibition celebrating what the catalogue rightfully calls "the art, pioneering teaching methods and spirit" of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898-1944) has […]

Agnes Denes: Projects for Public Spaces" is a retrospective exhibition of this visionary artist’s public projects and proposals. Agnes Denes: A Retrospective Looking Ahead By Dan Mills, Curator Crystal Fort—Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie, 2000. Original design of a full size fortress made of glass, to be built along the Waterlinie as a major tourist attraction to […]

We stare at our own backyards, hack trails through the rainforest, paddle through overgrown rivers, wade into swamps even as something pulls thickly at our boots. When we reach what feels like a destination, we turn and map the way for others. Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer, Peter Turchi.By Emily Lodish Cover […]

There are personalities throughout art history who are creators not only of their art but also of their everyday life: artists driven by a constant urge to shape or rearrange everything they encounter. Tobias Regensburger: Art — Life — Survival By Christian Schoen Tobias Regensburger – The Art of Survival       There are […]

Somewhere in the depths of the closet of my childhood room there’s a fading blue poster board titled, with curvy yellowing letters, "My Island of Treasure". Seeking My Private Atlantis By Zhanna Veyts Katherine Harmon You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination By Katherine Harmon / Princeton Architectural Press, New York […]

In what was billed as "An Evening with Siouxsie," goth-goddess Siouxsie Sioux recently took residence at B.B. King’s Blues Club for three nights of classics and rarities hand-picked from the whole of her career. Monster Mash By Robert J. Ricci Budgie: photo by Robert J. Ricci In what was billed as "An Evening with Siouxsie," […]

As Andy Warhol put it, "All department stores will become museums and all museums will become department stores. "Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture" at Tate Liverpool By Albert Dock As Andy Warhol put it, "All department stores will become museums and all museums will become department stores." And so a department store […]

On Wednesday, September 15, 2004, John Cummings–aka Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of seminal punk band, the Ramones–lost his five-year battle with prostate cancer. Good Bye Johhny By Robert J. Ricci band: Bob Gruen       On Wednesday, September 15, 2004, John Cummings–aka Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of seminal punk band, the Ramones–lost […]

We humans, inhabit the three-dimensional (actually which ones are they?) world, but we know that according to complex physics theories; there are many more dimensions than our fingers can count. Which Dimension Are We In? By Roberta Alvarenga OP_ERA, Daniela Kutschat and Rejane Cantoni. Image courtesy of the artists. We humans, inhabit the three-dimensional (actually […]