In five years, British women will have much to celebrate. In five years, it’ll be 100 years since women first won the (partial) right to vote. That right was the culmination of a long, hard struggle, and although we’ve come a long way, ladies, there is still much work to be done. With events, debate, music, art and more, Wonder Women is a five-year project that asks how far we’ve come – and how far we have yet to go. Join us. Make your voice heard.
People shouldn’t like everything. We need to provoke discussion.
The woman responsible for changing Manchester’s art scene opens up about life at the helm of two of its flagship galleries. Maria Balshaw is a busy woman. Our interview had to be scheduled several weeks…
An artist interested in how the buildings we use shape our lives and our emotions
Axisweb, the online contemporary art resource, selects the North’s most promising new artists. The idea of shelter, and how we inhabit spaces, is at the core of Northern Art Prize-nominated artist Emily Speed’s work; in…
A year ago nobody wanted to look at it. And then suddenly there’s a bidding war
After years of rejections, the Manchester novelist strikes a six figure, two-book deal – and her new book hits the shelves this week. A story like the one Rosie Garland tells is harrowing enough to…
No one seems shy of being photographed – even, as in the case of Emin, when sporting a mono-brow
The daughter of famous parents knows a thing or two about celebrity – and about women, as a new photography exhibition proves. I’ve never been entirely comfortable with the concept of the muse, that ancient…
It starts with the smashing up of a gallery, but who knows where it could end
An attack at Manchester Art Gallery 100 years ago is as inspiring now as it was shocking then. On 3 April 1913, when three Suffragettes attacked Manchester Art Gallery and proceeded to smash up the…
At the Hepworth, there are no genitals, strap-ons or even key lime pies, but there is performance
The former punk and feminist agitator straddles two new exhibitions – Dave Haslam reviews both. Linder dropped her surname (Sterling) and began to establish her reputation in Manchester in the late 1970s, mostly as an…
This sell-out event takes as its starting point the Russian (sham?) trial of Pussy Riot
With International Women’s Day close by, Wonder Women begins with an exhibition in Castlefield & an Un-convention at Manchester Art Gallery. This weekend sees the start of a month of late-night events, film, contemporary art,…
The photos are only half the story: those who lived through it have their own tales
On the eve of both International Women’s Day and the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, two events expose the reality of that conflict. It’s impossible for most of us to imagine how it feels…
Chinese Arts Centre’s latest contemporary art exhibition showcases the quiet, complex work of a rising star. Take a seat in front of Chinese artist Ma Qiusha’s best known work, From No. 4 Pingyuanli to No….
A new photography exhibition profiles the most influential women in gay Manchester – and beyond. “We look for reassurance around us, and I think it’s important for people to know what has come before them,”…
A shocking event at Manchester Art Gallery inspires a new, five-year programme. Women. The weaker sex. Gentle, nurturing souls, who defer to their “better” halves, who are perhaps less seen and less heard than their…
Tate Liverpool gives space to an “extraordinary” yet overlooked artist. Anyone who has studied the history of art knows that it was until recently a man’s game. Women were routinely ignored by historians and critics…
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