Art news Manchester is where you can find all the cool art stuff: exhibitions, and events we have found coming out of Manchester.
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.
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.
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,
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
