Dean Melbourne’s paintings are invitations into secret, forgotten and imagined places, places where nature runs wild and people live at … More
Author: annekafrench
Témoins oculaires
Surely there is something of a magpie in all of us: an attraction to gloss, to bright colours and to … More
(M)imosa / Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church (M)
I wanted to be a dancer when I was a child. My mother booked me ballet lessons, but after a … More
Fog / Fire in the Lungs, In Between Time Festival
Today I have to steam the floor in the gallery. I have to erase all traces of blood-paint from its … More
Lectures at Birmingham School of Art, February 2015
I’m looking forward to getting back into some higher education teaching in the next couple of weeks at the beautiful … More
The Artist and the City and KULES Residency, Stoke-on-Trent
A new five-year project in Stoke-on-Trent titled ArtCity aims to re-stimulate cultural growth and opportunity for those living and working … More
Donald Rodney and Luke Fowler: Recent Acquisitions and Commissions in the West Midlands
Two of the region’s best-loved galleries have been working hard to acquire and commission artworks from some of the most … More
Josephine Pryde: These are just things I say, they are not my opinions
Riding a miniature locomotive train through an exhibition is an unlikely way to experience a series of photographs. The train … More
Upcoming reviews and In Between Time Festival
I am delighted to have been selected for the Writers Programme for the upcoming In Between Time Festival in Bristol. … More
I Sell the Shadow to Save the Substance
An exhibition of new photographs by Birmingham-based Lucy Hutchinson takes as its central idea the ways in which identities are … More