Paintings, installations and 500 years of Sikh tradition are brought together in the service of personal and collective healing.

Ground Control to Manchester: A landmark immersive film makes the case that beneath all the mythology, Bowie was gloriously, stubbornly human.

One of Manchester’s essential indie bookshops launches its new gallery with an emerging painter working in the shadow of the Beat Generation.

Four editions in, the Manchester Open has become both a biennial survey of the region’s creative output and a genuine leveller for artistic talent.

45 prints from one of Britain’s most important printmaking studios go on public display in Liverpool for the first time since entering the university’s collection.

For the four artists in texture’s re-opening show, redaction is not absence but method – a way of exploring things that have been officially ignored, coded, buried or suppressed.

The LGBTQ+ people who lived through criminalisation are still here, and photographer Steve Reeves is recording their stories.

The Peak District is one of the most walked, photographed and painted landscapes in England – but Common Ground is less interested in what it looks like than what lies beneath it.

Saul Hay celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exhibition that gives 100 artists just 10 square centimetres to work with.

Paying homage to 25 years of audiences assembling at Lowry, the venue presents an exhibition on group communion, featuring artists who capture the energy and anticipation of live audiences.

Michaela Yearwood-Dan’s first UK institutional exhibition layers painting, ceramics and sound to explore liberation across personal and institutional histories.

A fascinating archival exhibition uncovers the forgotten stories of people who have helped shape The Portico Library’s 220-year history.

In this group show, six artists shift environmental questions out of the abstract and back into the natural materials beneath our feet.

In a live, 24 hour-performance, Ai Weiwei will place himself back inside a room that once governed every aspect of his daily life.

Scottish artist Rachel Maclean presents a major new exhibition that invites us to question the technologies that are watching, learning, and quietly getting better at being us.

Toby Pfeil and Claudia Cox transform their 2023 computer-game opera into a new installation that invites you to step inside a world between life and death.

Creativity, making and innovation have long shaped Salford. City of Making traces that legacy from industrial roots to today’s artists, designers and creative technologists.

In the centenary year of the 1926 General Strike, People’s History Museum explores a century of industrial action – through banners, posters, artworks, photography and everyday ephemera.

History, power and empire collide in Button Up! – Aviva Studios’ major new exhibition by the world-leading artist and activist, Ai Weiwei.

Lowry celebrates its 25th anniversary with a spectacular splash of colour from internationally renowned French artist Camille Walala.

Spies, Lies and Deception comes to The Quays, cracking open that window into the shady world of espionage and secret operations that took place under the radar across the 20th and 21st centuries.

With UK rocket launches, lunar missions and solar eclipses all on the horizon, 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for space. What better timing for Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos, a world-premiere exhibition at the Science and Industry Museum.

The Harris is a museum, a library and a community hub – after a major transformation it’s reopening its doors with a brand new programme and a fun new exhibition for the whole family.

Stockport’s newest cultural spot has a large library, IT facilities, an event space with a regular programme and a place for children to learn and play too. There’s quite literally something for everyone.

PINK is a true grassroots art organisation, dedicated to collaboration, artistic experimentation and genuine creative exchange.