Vanessa da Silva: Roda Viva @ Mostyn Gallery – Reviewed

“A joyous, life-affirming show.” Mike Pinnington finds much to celebrate in the Brazilian rhythms of Vanessa da Silva’s exhibition, Roda Viva, at Mostyn Gallery… The temptation to weave between the free-hanging panels and eventually...

Ding Yi: Between Prediction and Retrospection @ Mostyn Gallery
– Reviewed

“Opportunities to engage with names other than the movement’s usual suspects are all too rare.” Mike Pinnington on a close encounter with the geometric abstraction of Ding Yi…  When we think about abstraction...

The Big Interview: Neil Griffiths, CEO & Co-Founder of Arts Emergency

To mark their recent smash success with the Big Give appeal, Laura Robertson speaks to Arts Emergency CEO Neil Griffiths about why it’s absolutely essential to keep on advocating for working-class kids –...

Veronica Watson:
All Together Now

“A feeling, a period, a mood.” Mike Pinnington on Veronica Watson, whose portraits – celebrated in new publication All Together Now – currently adorn the Bluecoat’s upstairs gallery… What does it mean to...

“Joyful Unorthodoxy”
Alan Dunn: marchnad / market
at Tŷ Pawb – Reviewed

Integral to the fabric of Wrexham, markets new and old are celebrated in a new exhibition at Tŷ Pawb, the city’s contemporary arts centre sharing space with its stalls. Denise Courcoux investigates… Markets are integral...

Funny Ha Ha:
Anna Erhard On Tour

Can music satisfy both in terms of credibility and comedy? It’s rare, alright. But, says Mike Pinnington, Berlin-based Anna Erhard carries it off with aplomb… Swiss-born Berliner Anna Erhard’s third album, Botanical Garden (2024), has...

Beyond Liverpool...
Blazing a trail through
the big wide world
12/01/2024
Mike Pinnington on Vallisaari island, Helsinki. Photograph by Laura Robertson

Field Trip: Helsinki, Finland – Happiness and Cultural Guardians

Taking in climate change at Helsinki Biennial, diversity at the Ateneum, and visiting contrasting new galleries in an art school and bar toilets (!), Mike Pinnington’s return to Finland’s capital city is a timely reminder...

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The sounds of
The Double Negative
04/10/2024
Sex Swing - Golden Triangle LP Cover

God Unknown Records at 10

“I wanted to release music that I love, that really meant something. Something real.” This weekend sees God Unkinown Records mark a decade of releasing diverse, cutting-edge music from artists based all over...

Fill your boots...
unique, limited edition gifts
05/09/2019
Present Tense. Publish by The Double Negative, 2019.

Present Tense (2019) // Paperback // £14.99

Present Tense A decade since Liverpool EU Capital of Culture… What now?  Edited by Laura Robertson and Mike Pinnington ISBN 978-1-5272-4281-4 Published August 2019. Very limited edition run of 250 copies. Paperback, 96...