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Posted by Susie Stubbs 1 day ago.
Art, Festivals and Events, Museums, Museums at Night / Manchester, Oxford Road
Art, Festivals and Events, Museums, Museums at Night / Manchester, Oxford Road
This was an exercise in curatorial magic. It proved that art is alchemy.
What happened during Manchester’s two nights of #lovecollecting, curating and artistic alchemy. Richard Wentworth is a very good teacher. We have watched him shape and guide a flimsy idea about what to do for Museums…
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Posted by Susie Stubbs 15 May 2013
Art, Festivals and Events / Liverpool, St. George's Quarter, William Brown Street
Art, Festivals and Events / Liverpool, St. George's Quarter, William Brown Street
Often, festivals can feel a bit detached from their setting. Not here.
A photography festival brings Rankin, Martin Parr and Charles Fréger to Liverpool – and takes a view on that old Liverpool-Manchester rivalry. LOOK/13, the biennial photo fest that opens in Liverpool this weekend, is an…
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Posted by Susie Stubbs 14 May 2013
Festivals and Events, Museums, Museums at Night, Music / City Centre, Manchester, Oxford Road
Festivals and Events, Museums, Museums at Night, Music / City Centre, Manchester, Oxford Road
Electronic, mashed-up blues provide a soundtrack to Wentworth’s exhibition in a night
Richard Wentworth and friends curate an after-hours experience in Manchester this week – prepare to get lost and found. Fancy a night at the museum? Good. You’ve come to the right place. As the nationwide…
Is that crackling static evidence of the afterlife, or just how suggestible we humans are?
Can the dead speak? An evening of music, sound art and performance is inspired by the idea that yes, they can. “Electric voice phenomena” – depending on one’s suggestibility, it either constitutes evidence of the…
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Posted by Susie Stubbs 13 May 2013
Festivals and Events, Museums, Museums at Night / City Centre, Manchester, Oxford Road
Festivals and Events, Museums, Museums at Night / City Centre, Manchester, Oxford Road
A mystery tour, a people’s museum: an exhibition in a night...
Three days of after-hours events led by the artist Richard Wentworth celebrate the very best of our museums and galleries. A mystery tour, a people’s museum: an exhibition in a night. What links them all,…
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Posted by Sarah-Clare Conlon 9 May 2013
Festivals and Events, Heritage, Reading & Writing / Liverpool, St. George's Quarter, Waterfront
Festivals and Events, Heritage, Reading & Writing / Liverpool, St. George's Quarter, Waterfront
It’s a nod to Liverpool’s literary past & its status as one of the world’s great port cities
After a £50m revamp, Liverpool’s historic venue chooses Light Night to mark its grand revival. At a time when many of us are forced to campaign against the closure of our local libraries, it’s refreshing…
It’s not a period piece. If it’s not relevant to now, what’s the point of putting it on now?
Olivier award-nominated actor Cush Jumbo talks to us about her role in Ibsen’s classic play – and her abiding affection for the Royal Exchange. It’s not uncommon to hear an actor gush about how “special”…
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Posted by Kate Feld 3 May 2013
Art, Festivals and Events, Manchester International Festival, Museums, Museums at Night / City Centre, Manchester, Oxford Road
Art, Festivals and Events, Manchester International Festival, Museums, Museums at Night / City Centre, Manchester, Oxford Road
Lost & Found is an accidental trailblazer for Manchester International Festival
The urge to collect is instinctive – and provides Richard Wentworth with the raw materials for a nocturnal occurrence in the city. Humans have been keeping collections since we first moved through the forests clutching…
Fifty museums and galleries stage late-night events in a dizzying celebration of art and culture. “Legacy” is a word that gets bandied about a fair bit these days, especially in the arts, and it’s one…
With Will Tramp! at the helm and the promise of an “immersive” clubbing experience, what’s not to like? The Deaf Institute is no stranger to a good club night or two. With good food and…
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Posted by Susie Stubbs 30 April 2013
Festivals and Events, Museums, Museums at Night / City Centre, Manchester, Oxford Road
Festivals and Events, Museums, Museums at Night / City Centre, Manchester, Oxford Road
From rare vinyl to Marvel comics via taxidermy, human eyeballs and celebrity hair – whatever you collect, share it with the world. We’ll come right out and say it. We have a bit of a…
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Posted by Mike Pinnington 26 April 2013
Festivals and Events, Music / City Centre, Liverpool, Ropewalks & Chinatown
Festivals and Events, Music / City Centre, Liverpool, Ropewalks & Chinatown
Liverpool’s new music festival returns – and provides an unusual means of getting to grips with the Scouse city. There was a time when the words “music festival” and “Liverpool” in the same sentence meant…
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