The Top 25 UK Arts & Culture Blogs.

Welcome to the July 2010 list of the Top 25 UK Arts & Culture Blogs

More ups and downs in our Top 25 arts and culture blogs list plus one completely new entry.  Coming in at number 18, ‘This Is Tomorrow’ is a London based blog showcasing a selection of international art exhibitions and projects.

Once again quite a few of the independent culture bloggers are beating the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins at her own game, this month they’ve pushed her into the number 10 position, it’s great to see arts blogging alive and kicking.

We’ll be taking a break for the summer but will be back with a new, updated list in September.  If you spot any lovely blogs then do let us know, either by leaving us a comment below, sending us a message on twitter, or by email.

1.  We Make Money Not Art @wmmna

Set up in 2004 by the hugely knowledgeable Régine Debatty, We Make Money Not Art has taken the art world by storm with its eclecticism, style and above all, detailed and fascinating content.

2. Things Magazine

Describing itself as “An online journal about objects and meanings”, Things Magazine was originally set up by writers based from the V&A and Royal College of Art and now exists as this engaging website and blog.

3. Making a Mark @makingamark2

Artist and author Katherine Tyrrell draws and writes about art for artists and art lovers.

4. 1000 Words Photography @1000wordsmag

A new entry at number eight, 1000 words is a visually stunning trip through the world of contemporary photography.

5. Jonathan Jones on Art (Guardian)

Needing little introduction, this blog by established critic Jonathan Jones is always worth a read.

6. UK Street Art @ukstreetart

Covering street art, graffiti and exhibitions in galleries across the UK, this blog has bags of enthusiasm, spark and intelligent commentary.

7. Frieze Blog @Frieze_Magazine

Clearly a major player in the art world, the Frieze blog allows the editors chance to cover smaller and, at times, more quirky subjects

8. Art of the State

A fascinating blog about graffiti and smaller more underground exhibitions in and around London, art of the estate is exciting, inspiring and refreshing.

9. Charlotte Higgins (Guardian) @chiggi

Another site from the Guardian’s stable of popular blogs, Charlotte Higgins gives her opinions on a wide range of topics from the Royal Opera to the outbursts of famous artists, our national museums and Barack Obama’s taste in art.

10. Telegraph Culture Blog @telegraphblogs

From Cheryl Cole to architecture, art to jazz, the Telegraph culture blogs are nothing if not eclectic

11. Follow the Yellow Brick Road @followtheyellow

Writer and blogger, Katherine Woodfine runs this delightful blog about arts, literature and culture around Manchester and London (as she flits between the two).

12. Amelia’s Magazine @AmeliaGregory

With an appealing style and a host of contributors, Amelia’s magazine describes itself as covering “the best underground creative projects in the worlds of art, fashion, music, illustration, photography, craft and design”.

13. Culture Wars

The online review of the Institute of Ideas in London; covering books, films, theatre, art and talk events, with a particular angle of looking at how political and other ideas filter through the culture.

14. Madam Miaow Says @MadamMiaow

A fascinating mix of culture and political commentary: “Madam Miaow casts a sharp eye over the political and cultural landscape and takes a scalpel and a shotgun to the guilty parties.”

15. Run Paint Run Run @runpaintrunrun

A blog about arts & culture focussed “non-exclusively” on the Northwest.  Winner of Best Arts & Culture blog in the 2009 Manchester Blog Awards.

16. Saatchi Blogon

Part of the Saatchi powerhouse, this blog is packed to bursting with videos, features, news, reviews and interviews.

17. Where’s Runnicles? @wheresrunnicles

From an Edinburgh based blogger, Where’s Runnicles is a review based blog covering both performance and visual arts.

18. This Is Tomorrow @thisistomorrow_

A London based blog that showcases international art exhibitions and projects.  Its focus is on “…innovative projects that challenge existing norms or formats of artistic thinking.”

19. View from the South Bank

Pauline McLean is BBC Scotland’s arts correspondent, and she blogs about arts events and issues happening across the country.

20. Culturelabel @culturelabel

The blog from online retailers Culture Label, who describe themselves as a “one-stop-culture-shop”, selling products from over 70 of the leading museum shops, galleries, artists and culture institutions from around the world.

21. Culture Vulture @culturevultures

Based in Leeds, these bloggers cover wide-ranging and varied topics; all under the heading: of writing about the “juiciest morsels of culture”.

22. Feeling Listless @feelinglistless

An independent blog from Liverpool that has been running since 2000.  Feeling Listless covers every aspect of culture from arts & museums to politics and film.

23. The thing is…

An online magazine of cultural commentary and creative writing with a direct, no nonsense style.

24. Art Sleuth

Some lovely writing about galleries, launches and artists largely (although not solely) in and around London.

25. Liverpool Art Blog @artinliverpool

This jam-packed blog has been running since the Liverpool Biennial in 2004 and now has thousands of posts that cover arts news and events in and around Liverpool and sometimes further afield.

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