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NTU Student MJ the Art Traveller to Appear on Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year 2019

It's that time of the year again. Portrait Artist of the Year returns to Sky Arts with a new round of contestants ready to get...

Art Works: Ronan Somerville

07 February 19

Ronan's illustrated chess board is decorated with meaningful creatures...

Art Works: Kelly Fung

07 February 19

Kelly Fung gives us the lowdown on her contemporary piece, Sit Down... 

Under Cover Artist: Carrot

05 February 19

Carrots. If you’re looking, you’ll see them painted all over these streets. We got the notorious graffiti artist Carrot to dob us a cover and pull-out poster for this issue, and asked him what’s up, Doc...

Art Review: Adrift by Harry Martin

05 February 19

Taking some time out for yersen can be something we don't do enough, our Ewan got down to Wessie B to go through a guided meditation with artist Harry Martin, before viewing his new exhibition 'Adrift'...

Paranoid Picnic at NAE

22 January 19

Paranoid Picnic: The Phantom BAME is a solo exhibition from Hardeep Pandhal taking place at the New Art Exchange from the 19th of January to the 17th of March. This is an exhibition of two halves, with one half in the NAE and the other taking place in Primary. We got trusty Caroline down to check it out...

Tentacles is a Creative Collective for Disabled and D/deaf Writers in Nottingham

20 January 19

Tentacles takes place at Nottingham Playhouse on Wednesday 30 January, 5pm.

Surface Gallery's International Postcard Show 2019

16 January 19

Surface are at it again with their ever-popular International Postcard Show bringing you art from a wide selection of artists, all small enough to fit in yer pocket! We got down to check it out...

Under Cover Artist: David Severn

03 January 19

This month’s cover artist is one of the most hardworking photographers in the city. Having just released his Whitby Goth Weekend photobook, and with a bunch of other projects in the pipeline, we sat down with David Severn to get the skinny on his wrestling shoot at Nottingham’s House of Pain, for this issue of LeftLion...

Art Review: Still I Rise - Feminisms, Gender, Resistance at Nottingham Contemporary

17 December 18

Brexit debates rage on. America divides under Trump’s presidency. And as we celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the women’s vote, the Nottingham Contemporary’s Still I Rise - Feminisms, Gender, Resistance could not be better-timed.

New Exhibition at Lakeside Arts Marks the Centenary Since the Death of British Artist Harold Gilman

15 December 18

Nottingham Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Gallery host the first extensive survey of his work in over 35 years with Beyond Camden Town...

Under Cover Artist: Robert Lever

13 December 18

We caught up with this month’s cover and poster artist, Robert Lever...

Art Works: Woodworker Martin Sommerville at By Our Hands We Make Our Way

25 November 18

Martin Sommerville talks to us abaht his wooden puppet, Hobo...

Art Review: The Luminous at Surface Gallery

22 November 18

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which can be difficult to determine in a day and age where we have social media ramming it’s notion of a ‘perfect’ woman down our throats left right and center. What if we knocked down those barriers and took a look at the extraordinary ordinary and gave them a platform to shine, to be luminous. That is what photographer Laura Dicken and The Renewal Trust have worked to complete alongside several of our very own women from Sneinton…

Art Works: Chantelle Arnold

21 November 18

Creator of the Bookish Plant Pots, Chantelle Arnold, had a chat with us abaht her works and her ever-growing plant collection...

Nottingham Greeting Card Business The Art File on Sustainability and the Creative Industry

12 November 18

Exchanging messages of goodwill has been common practice ever since the early Egyptians, who used papyrus scrolls to send greetings and sparked an international trend spanning centuries. While some may bash out a quick “happy birthday” text to their gran, the greeting card industry is still thriving. We sat down with James Mace, of local business The Art File, who explains why…

Express Yourself in Notts: We Made a Zine with Hannah Whitlow and Dizzy Ink

12 November 18

We visited Nottingham Zine Library down at Nottingham Contemporary, to get inspired by the city in a zine workshop put together by Express Yourself...

Photographer Emily Andersen on the Release of Her New Book and Photographing Celebrities

01 November 18

From photographing well-known artists, musicians, writers, directors and actors - including Helen Mirren, Bella Freud and Nico - to exhibiting at some of the world’s most prestigious galleries, Emily Andersen has forged a fascinating photography career. Carefully balancing her craft while lecturing part time at NTU, she has recently published her second book, entitled Portraits: Black & White. We caught up with Emily ahead of her book launch and exhibition at Bonington Gallery later this week…  

Under Cover Artist: Leosaysays

31 October 18

Our cover and poster artist for the month, Leosaysays, chats to us about his work...

Remembering Baby: Life, Loss and Post-Mortem at Surface Gallery

23 October 18

In October, Surface Gallery welcomed Remembering Baby; an exhibition which sensitively explores what happens when a baby dies, from the view of a parent and medical professionals. Adrian was deeply moved...

‘Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience’ Interview with Paul Sng

22 October 18

‘Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience’ gives a narrative to those forgotten by the media and government in modern Britain. The book features the work of several accomplished documentary photographers, to show the untold stories of those affected by issues such as Brexit, austerity, de-industrialisation and social upheaval. The Broadway are hosting a screening of the Invisible Britain: Sleaford Mods film with a panel Q&A to discuss the book with director/editor Paul Sng, Carl Phillips and photographers David Severn and Laura Dicken. We sat down with Paul Sng, to talk about the book...

Under Cover Artist: Farah Kandanker

18 October 18

We grabbed a few words from the creator of graphic novel Cat Ghost, Farah Kandanker, who treated LeftLion Magazine to a cover and poster this month...

Art Works: Robert Lever

16 October 18

He might not hail from Hoodtown, but he's obsessed with our architecture...

Nottingham Comic Con Mastermind Kevin Brett on the UK Scene

15 October 18

Kev Brett is the mastermind behind Nottingham Comic Convention, and the artist behind Piddley Pix and The Monkey and the Mouse, to name a couple. Ahead of his fifth consecutive Comicon which, according to his book The Making of a Comic Con, should have given him roughly five heart-attacks by now, Kev answered a few questions for LeftLion…

Art Works: Gul Bains-Khosa

12 October 18

She loves nothing more than making folk feel beautiful...
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