Fireball Hits Portobello Square – InTRANSIT Festival with Edgar Mueller
Imagine, you’re doing a spot of shopping or heading to a bar and you suddenly find yourself over a great chasm staring down at a giant fireball. Well if you get yourself down to London’s Portobello...
View Article‘Forgotten Olympic Sports’ by Tom Edwards for LIK + NEON
Wondering where our all new, Olympic inspired background has come from? Well, we’ve been getting ready for the Olympics at FLUX with a few toe-touches and a lot of remote flicking. And for an...
View ArticleDamien Hirst Art Guitars for Joe Strummer & Strummerville
How do you fancy wielding a guitar that actually doubles as a piece of art by none other than Damien Hirst himself? But do you frame it and mount it on your wall and wait a few years for the value to...
View ArticleCell to Cell – Art & Science Collide – Original Art Film
We were really impressed when we first got to see this poignant and cleverly conceived art film that collides art with science. The piece was actually made by Niamh O’Connor and Hettie Griffiths and...
View ArticleI Am The Resurrection – Castlefield Gallery Back From The Brink
We were stunned and saddened when we heard the news. Castlefield Gallery, a supporter and champion of the North West arts scene had had its funding application turned down. Many people took this to...
View ArticleHong Kong Art Lands At Liverpool Biennial – All Are Guests
Chinese Art has been making an increasingly significant impact on the international arts scene for the last few years now. We all know of Ai Weiwei’s legendary artwork of an Olympic stadium now known...
View ArticleAbandon Normal Devices – Mind Expanding Festival of Culture
What are you into? Do your interests include cinema, faux drag queens, caravans or bioengineered footballs grown from living cells? If so, I hope you got down to AND festival of culture last week....
View ArticleOut of Place – Leung Mee-Ping at the Liverpool Biennial
When passing a homeless person on the street, we all wonder where they go, what they do and how they survive. Some might stick in our minds for a good while. Sadly, most of us soon forget them again,...
View ArticleThe Man Who Changed British Illustration – Brian Grimwood at WORK Gallery
‘I’ve had quite a lot of luck with drawing’, says Illustrator Brian Grimwood as we sit down to talk about his new book and retrospective. We are sat by the window whilst the finishing touches are being...
View ArticleCoLAB x SLOW – Art & Soap Suds at the Liverpool Biennial
So…Soap! Is the collaborative creation of Hong Kong’s SLOW and CoLAB, featuring at the Liverpool Biennial this year. They are a social venture who have come up with a 100% organic range of soaps,...
View ArticleAlice Waese – London Exhibition – Precious Sculptured Jewellery
Last night jewellery designer, Alice Waese launched a solo London exhibition of her drawings and sculptural jewellery pieces at the 18 Hewett Street gallery. Jewellery designer Waese casts pieces...
View ArticleThe Waldorf Project: Chapter One: Muskmelon – Art & Food Festival London
Sean Rogg is a tough man to track down. After several failed attempts to phone him I receive a call from a random number an hour or so later and a disembodied voice introduces itself as Sean. Amidst...
View ArticleChow Chun-fai – Dreams of Hong Kong – The Liverpool Biennial
Fancy a trip to Hong Kong? Who wouldn’t. Every year tourists flock to sample the delights of this exciting city. In his exhibition for the Liverpool Biennial this year, Hong Kong artist Chow Chun-fai...
View Article‘Cretaceous Returns’– Watch Out, Dinosaurs Dancing! Reed + Rader Debut UK Show
We’re really love the work of Reed + Rader here at Flux. We first came across the duo a few years back and were so taken with their cute and clever style that we asked them to contribute one of their...
View ArticleViewer or Voyeur? Kohei Yoshiyuki and the Love Hotel
It has now become the Open Eye Gallery’s turn as part of the Liverpool Biennial 2012 to host Kohei Yoshiyuki’s exhibition The Park and Love Hotel. The hotel captures frozen images trapped in a stack of...
View ArticleAnish Kapoor & Artist Friends do Gangnam Style Video for Al Weiwei
Releasing this video is a bold move and rather clever idea by Amnesty International and Anish Kapoor that we support wholeheartedly. It’s also very funny. Watch as Anish and a whole host of famous and...
View ArticleCoucouManou Designer Furniture for Pantone Lovers
Colour is important to Nell Beale. Reading like a pantone chart of block colour set against natural wood tones, her CoucouManou designer furniture range makes the word artisan both slick and functional...
View ArticleTiny Parcels Christmas Party in Salford!
Tired of the omni-present Christmas markets in cities across the country and wanting to get your hands on unique Christmas gifts full of crafty goodness? Then combine your shopping with a shindig of...
View ArticleIn and Amongst: Tim Davies solo show at FOLD Gallery.
FOLD Gallery is currently showing a solo exhibition by Tim Davies until 22nd of December. Davies lives and works in Swansea and was chosen to represent Wales at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011. As a...
View ArticleDavid Shrigley & his Anti-Psychotic Tea plus Charity Auction
Internationally acclaimed artist David Shrigley and Manchester based artist curator Mike Chavez-Dawson have collaborated with Teacup to create a new herbal tea. Aptly titled ‘David Shrigley’s...
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