Visual arts programme announced for Manchester International Festival 2025.
11 March 2025 • Mark Westall
New exhibitions, site-specific installations and performance pieces were announced today as part of the visual arts programme for MIF25
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Ai Weiwei talk next up from Factory International’s Artists in Times of Upheaval series.
21 February 2025 • Mark Westall
Ai Weiwei will join Factory International Creative Director Kee Hong Low to discuss his role as a global citizen, artist & thinker in a special talk
Audiences to create city-wide Symphony in Manchester with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
5 May 2024 • Mark Westall
City of Floating Sounds brings together Huang Ruo with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for a unique concert that invites audiences to connect with their surroundings and each other in new ways.
Free Your Mind: A Revamped Matrix Live in Manchester.
27 October 2023 • Herbert Wright
A contemporary dance make-over of The Matrix, with Manchester thrown into the mix? It sounds mad, but that’s exactly what Danny Boyle, serial hit film-maker and 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony director, has delivered.
World-leading artists recreate The Matrix for Aviva Studios in Manchester
15 August 2023 • Mark Westall
Factory International presents Free Your Mind, a large-scale immersive performance based on The Matrix films created especially for the official opening of Aviva Studios,
Late night opening for Yayoi Kusama’s ‘You, Me and the Balloons’ exhibition due to unprecedented demand.
2 August 2023 • Mark Westall
Following a successful run during Manchester International Festival 2023, Yayoi Kusama’s You, Me and the Balloons exhibition has extended its opening hours… Read More
MIF23 opens with major Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Aviva Studios.
30 June 2023 • Mark Westall
A major exhibition of Yayoi Kusama’s inflatable sculptures forms a centrepiece of the Festival, the first work to be presented at Factory International’s new home, Aviva Studios.
Manchester’s iconic new cultural venue to be named after Aviva – Aviva Studios
20 June 2023 • Mark Westall
Manchester’s iconic new cultural venue to be named after Aviva – Aviva Studios. Manchester City Council and Factory International today… Read More
Manchester International Festival announce leading visual artists for MIF23.
21 March 2023 • Mark Westall
Manchester International Festival (MIF) have announced- Major new exhibitions, installations and performance pieces by artists including Yayoi Kusama, Ryan Gander, Tino Sehgal, Jenn Nkiru and Benji Reid as part of the visual arts programme for MIF23
Southbank Centre team up with Apple to support Black & Black Mixed heritage creative talent.
23 January 2023 • Mark Westall
The Southbank Centre and Apple today announced national partners and further details of REFRAME, its pioneering new talent development programme to support emerging Black and Black Mixed heritage creatives in London, Manchester and Birmingham.
Top 5 art museums in Manchester
17 October 2022 • Mark Westall
Manchester is known for being alternative and incredibly arty as well. Music gripped the city for years with Oasis, Joy… Read More
LOW Kee Hong has been appointed Creative Director of Manchester International Festival.
20 January 2022 • Mark Westall
LOW Kee Hong has been appointed as Creative Director for Manchester International Festival (MIF), as the organisation prepares for The… Read More
KnownOrigin + Manchester’s Finest drop NFT show at Manchester Art Fair 2021
18 November 2021 • Mark Westall
Disrupting the traditional arts scene, KnownOrigin and Manchester’s Finest will be bringing the first NFT presence at this year’s art fair.