“In a world that’s been gamified to within an inch of its life, maybe indulging in pixels, bits and bytes can be a subversive act.” Mike Pinnington on FACT Liverpool’s gaming symposium, Choose...
“A Biennial that could only be created in Liverpool.” Curated by Marie-Anne McQuay and bearing the reassuring subtitle, BEDROCK, 2025′s edition looks to be full of promise, says Mike Pinnington… You may have noticed...
As interdisciplinary as its other programmes, Photography MA students are experimenting with everything from analogue to neuroscience, fabrication and sculpture. Laura Robertson talks to their Professor of Art and Experimental Media, the artist James...
In Manchester’s Whitworth gallery, the Polish-Roma artist showcases textiles and paintings previously seen at Tate St Ives. Maja Lorkowska considers an exhibition inspired by religious iconography that rejects cliché or exoticism of Roma life…...
“Words, text, art, text art, artists’ text, art writing.” Mike Pinnington on the intersection of and relationship between art and text… When we speak about art, we often refer to the ‘story’ of...
“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...
“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...
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 –...
“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...