We were devastated to learn of the recent passing of our friend and contributor, Pete Goodbody: photographer and cultural philanthropist. Pete, or P3dro, was a talented photographer and writer with a keen interest...
“I wouldn’t paint the walls in my house pink, green and brown, so why do these hues work so well here?” Kathryn Maple’s aptly titled exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery resonates with...
Writers wanted! To celebrate Eurovision 2023, Open Eye Gallery, The Double Negative and ArtReview collaboratively invite writers from the Liverpool City Region to pitch article ideas. Co-published across The Double Negative and ArtReview,...
In the clamour to redress the balance of art history, some will inevitably continue to slip through the cracks. But a new retrospective exhibition suggests that an until now overlooked artist is worthy...
In an essay excerpted from the catalogue for Two Plus Two Makes Four – an exhibition ‘rooted in the lived experience of mental illness’ – Mike Pinnington responds to anxieties found in the...
“The spirit of surrealism is alive and well.” Mike Pinnington on Rachel Goodyear’s Stirrings, an exquisite exhibition of drawings and animation at Salford Museum & Art Gallery… “I began to read the surrealists...
“A convincing argument for collaboration.” Mike Pinnington on Venture Arts’ new exhibition, NARRATIVES, at Salford’s waterside Lowry gallery… We cling stubbornly to the romantic cliché that an artist toils away in solitude day...
Who’s laughing at who? Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou finds poetry, beauty and manifold meanings in Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s new exhibition… The taxi turns into the expansive grounds of Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) and my eye catches...
It has been announced that Grace Ndiritu is the winner of 2022’s Film London Jarman Award, beating out strong competition from contemporaries including Jamie Crewe, Onyeka Igwe, Morgan Quaintance, Rosa-Johan Uddoh and Alberta...