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Opening this week: art April in Manchester

Opening this week: art April in Manchester

Spring has clearly sprung in Manchester – and we’re not just on about the daffodils and buds a-blooming but the number of contemporary art shows on the cusp of opening.

One for the kids: Easter in Manchester

One for the kids: Easter in Manchester

It’s raining, the kids are off and there’s nowt to do – ah yes, it must be Easter. Save yourself from boredom with our special schools-out guide to things to do in Manchester

Ill communication. New art exhibition at Castlefield.

Ill communication. New art exhibition at Castlefield.

Leo Fitzmaurice and Kim Rugg bring their communication art to Castlefield Gallery for a new contemporary art show that takes commercial communications media (newspapers, adverts, comics) and subverts them into the sublime

White collar crime.

White collar crime.

Office chairs, door wedges, strip lights: Jessica Lack talks to artist Ian Rawlinson about the mundane

Jasper Joffe talks art and economics.

Jasper Joffe talks art and economics.

Susie Stubbs discovers why there might be more to Jasper Joffe than just good PR

Crisis theory. Contemporary art at Castlefield.

Crisis theory. Contemporary art at Castlefield.

Kate Feld finds a brave new world at Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery

Yes we CAM.

Yes we CAM.

Guest blogger Ella Wredenfors checks out the first exhibition from Contemporary Art Manchester, a new art group that looks set to shake things up in Manchester