“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...
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...
A new exhibition at Tate Liverpool takes as its departure point the docks on which the building stands, before plunging us into the depths and beyond. Mike Pinnington reviews The Plant That Stowed Away....
Written and narrated by Jennifer Lee Tsai, Fallen Star is currently on display at the Bluecoat. Part of But Does it Speak?, a season exploring language in a gallery setting, it finds the...
The world is beginning to mirror some of the most dystopian tropes of science fictional imaginings. How might we change course? Mike Pinnington reflects on the artists and thinkers looking beyond a futurology of...