FAD NEWS: Low Kee Hong appointed Artistic Director of the 26th Biennale of Sydney
28 July 2026 • Mark Westall
Factory International’s Low Kee Hong will lead the 26th Biennale of Sydney, bringing a multidisciplinary vision to the 2028 edition.
Tag: Manchester International Festival
THE HERDS, life-sized animal puppets to stampede across london
22 May 2025 • Mark Westall
THE HERDS by The Walk Productions vividly dramatises the climate crisis and will be in London from 27th – 29th June 2025.
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
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
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
Leading artists commissioned for Manchester International Festival MIF21
28 April 2021 • Mark Westall
New commissions by Forensic Architecture, Laure Prouvost, Deborah Warner, Hans Ulrich Obrist with Lemn Sissay, Ibrahim Mahama, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Rashid Rana, Cephas Williams, Marta Minujín and Christine Sun Kim were announced… Read More
Daniel’s Value and Ideas #78: Psycho Drama, or When YBAs Go Mad
17 July 2015 • daniel barnes
According to the sensationalist headline in the Independent on Wednesday, Douglas Gordon had gone ‘on an axe rampage after receiving poor reviews’ for his new play at Manchester’s HOME theatre. For one chilling moment we wondered if the strain of being one of the lesser YBAs had finally overpowered him, or if perhaps he suddenly regretted that ghastly Pace show with James Franco ?
Manchester International Festival 2015 opens this Thursday.
1 July 2015 • Mark Westall
Gerhard Richter, Arvo Pärt, Björk, Ed Atkins, FKA twigs, Douglas Gordon, Hélène Grimaud, Charlotte Rampling, Nico Muhly, Paris Opera Ballet, Wayne McGregor, Olafur Eliasson, Jamie xx, Maxine Peake, Antony, Justin Fletcher, Arca, Invisible Dot Ltd, Damon Albarn, Rufus Norris.
Don’t Miss: Ed Atkins Performance Capture
26 June 2015 • Mark Westall
For MIF15, artist Ed Atkins is drawing back the digital curtain with Performance Capture.
Gerhard Richter and Arvo Pärt two of the world’s greatest artists collaborate for the first time.
6 March 2015 • Mark Westall
This remarkable project, several years in the making, brings together two of the world’s most influential and enduring cultural figures: artist Gerhard Richter and composer Arvo Pärt.
11 Rooms Manchester Arts Gallery Review by Jareh Das
14 July 2011 • Jareh Das
Image: John Baldessari Review by Jareh Das 9th -17th July 2011 – 11 Rooms Manchester Arts Gallery Review by Jareh… Read More