With the reopening of Site Gallery and S1 Artspace, and the rare luxury of studio space in the city centre, the community seems in buoyant health

Banu Cennetoğlu’s refusal to remake The List, serves as a reminder that bigotry and violence is never far from the surface

Works by Ryan Gander and Rehana Zaman showed it was the people of Liverpool who formed a thread through some of the most successful projects

After a year’s hiatus, Birmingham’s best-known art space is back to celebrate its 10th anniversary, but its long-term future in Digbeth is unclear

The area’s development boom isn’t just in luxury property – the art scene is determined to keep its place too

From creation myths to gender politics, artist Melanie Jackson and academic Esther Leslie investigate that most indispensable of substances

The Tetley, Leeds, UK 

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK

Grand Union & Millenium Point, Birmingham, UK