Nancy Collantine’s paintings begin as drawings of Northern landscapes, before taking an abstract turn through layers and chance.

This film-based exhibition uses an elusive creature from Chinese folklore to think about what it means to be an artist.

Joe O’Rourke turns discarded DVD cases and found objects into paintings, restaged in Manchester after first opening in London.

A Doncaster-born composer transforms Leeds Art Gallery’s Central Court into a chapel built from sound, sculpture and inherited grief.

Lola de la Mata treats her tinnitus as raw material for art in the second instalment of Sandbox, an experimental series from Modus Arts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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