The Verse’s Charlotte Crane tells us what she thought of David Shrigley’s ‘A Problem in Brighton’, part of the Brighton Festival 2018. It’s pretty well known by now that David Shrigley was this year’s guest curator of the Brighton Festival. I was incredibly excited to learn that he would be […]
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The Verse’s Kate Mager reviews Bang Said the Gun at the Brighton Festival, to find out if it really delivers ‘poetry for people who don’t like poetry.’ As the self-proclaimed ‘rowdiest poetry event in the universe’, ‘Bang said the Gun’ offers an evening of raucous behaviour and laughter intertwined with […]
The Verse’s Jake Francis reviews guest director David Shrigley’s Talk at Brighton Dome on 23rd May 2018. Laughter. It’s a rarer thing than you’d think in artist talks – they often consist of monotone drivel and uninspiring, over-professionalised babble (or, as they laymen appropriately call it, ‘gobbledygook’). I for one […]
The Verse’s Jake Francis reviews Gilbert & George: In Conversation at Brighton Pavilion on Wednesday 9th May 2018. Audience member: Do you ever argue? George: Ah, we call that the great heterosexual question… You may have noticed this past month a certain prominence of two names, speckled about Brighton and […]
The Verse’s Jake Francis tells us what he thought about Gilbert & George’s exhibition at Brighton Museum & Gallery. THOU SHALT FIGHT CONFORMISM THOU SHALT MAKE USE OF SEX THOU SHALT CREATE ARTIFICIAL ART These are just three of the ten commandments that Gilbert and George implore upon you when […]
