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Photo of the month: Chen Man.

Photo of the month: Chen Man.

Art meets fashion in a hyper-real photography show at Chinese Arts Centre.

Boutique Weekender: February 2012

Boutique Weekender: February 2012

Mark the start of spring with this very special, pick n’ mix weekend of art, music, dance and fashion

Northern Quarter & Cathedral Quarter

Northern Quarter & Cathedral Quarter

It’d be just plain silly to try and list off all the bars and restaurants in the leisuretastic Northern Quarter, so we won’t try. But we’ll happily share our favourites (with the caveat that they’re lots of other people’s favourites too – it’s always good to have a plan B when heading out for an [...]

Event radar_2 December

Event radar_2 December

An online art auction, the return of Polaroid, the rise of the short story, and Corrie goes Bollywood – it’s all here, and more besides. What are you waiting for, Christmas?

Memory and myth.

Memory and myth.

Dan Feeney is unsettled by the ‘cold abandoned buildings, populated by cold abandoned people’ in an exhibition at the Chinese Arts Centre

Unfinished business.

Unfinished business.

Stanley Wong was there when the Asian property bubble burst – see the results at Chinese Arts Centre

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.

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

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