Ai Weiwei to Recreate His Detention in 24-Hour Performance at Aviva Studios
23 March 2026 • Mark Westall
Ai Weiwei will recreate his 2011 detention in a 24-hour performance at Aviva Studios this July,
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War, Trade and Truth: Ai Weiwei’s Button-Powered Reckoning
26 February 2026 • Mark Westall
Ai Weiwei takes over Manchester’s Aviva Studios with his largest site-specific exhibition to date
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
Marina Abramovic to present world premier at AVIVA Studios.
27 September 2024 • Mark Westall
Factory International today announced a world premiere by artist Marina Abramovic as part of its 2025 Season. The daring large-scale… Read More
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