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Welcome home, Frank Cohen.

Welcome home, Frank Cohen.

Susie Stubbs meets one of the world’s most influential art collectors

Feb 11, 2010 | Comments: 0

Wallpaper at the Whitworth

Wallpaper at the Whitworth

How artists from Hirst to Warhol put the background into the foreground

Feb 09, 2010 | Comments: 0

Master of disaster - Don McCullin

Master of disaster – Don McCullin

The world’s most famous war photographer opens a new show in Manchester

Feb 08, 2010 | Comments: 3

Democracy, in close-up.

Democracy, in close-up.

Andrew Shanahan gets Carried Away at Manchester’s newest old museum – the People’s History Museum

Jan 18, 2010 | Comments: 0

From the Turner to the kids.

From the Turner to the kids.

Are Britain’s art awards worth the paper they’re written on?

Jan 18, 2010 | Comments: 0

Three For Me: Top TV from CP Lee.

Three For Me: Top TV from CP Lee.

CP Lee, the musician, broadcaster & film historian, picks his top three cult TV shows.

Jan 13, 2010 | Comments: 0

We are all ghosts.

We are all ghosts.

Susie Stubbs finds herself haunted by the images of Francesca Woodman

Dec 15, 2009 | Comments: 0

First contact with Baba Israel.

First contact with Baba Israel.

Contact’s new director, the beat-boxing hip hop star with a New York soul

Dec 15, 2009 | Comments: 0

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