Visual Arts
REVIEW: V fest causes festival blues in Staffordshire
It’s hard to imagine that a situation meant to be "entertainment" could be better designed to turn a crowd into…
USArts takes on the US Government
In June this year the US State Department changed regulations that concern the much sought-after J-1 visa. The department was…
Career Profile: Maggie Tran, artist
Jesse Errey speaks to Maggie Tran who is a British artist whose work is informed both by her Vietnamese, Chinese…
Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic
“Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!” said former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas Hoving.…
REVIEW: The Enchantment, the National Theatre
David Trennery finds The Enchantment by Victoria Benedictsson, in a new version by Clare Bayley at the National Theatre, very…
Satisfying compromise
The problem with art is that it costs money to produce. The problem with artists is that they need to…
Fèis Gleann Albainn
While the eyes of the world are focused on Scotland’s capital for the annual ‘gallon in a pint pot’ International…
Career Profile: Nathan Menglef, artist
Nathan Menglef is a self-taught painter, zinester, illustrator, gutter punk and linux geek, originally from Florida but now living, working…
Edinburgh: the user's guide to greatest show on earth
Well, it might not be the greatest show on earth, but it is big, takes over the whole city and…
Going green
This year environmental sustainability has become 'de rigueur' in the arts. What are some of the green initiatives that have…