Vivid memories of carnival invite you in

John Lyons' exhibition at The Whitworth whisks you away to an intoxicating riot of colour, music and masked dancers

I’ve been looking forward to writing about the exhibition featured in this newsletter for a few weeks, since I sat with John Lyons in front of his paintings and listened to him talk about art in ways that gave me a new perspective of his work. In 20 years of interviewing artists, this was right up there among the top few - and I hope I have been able to…