contemporary art
The Urban Insider: The City Centre
Manchester city centre is compact, but it packs a lot in, from Chinatown to the Gay Village, from the high and mighty shops of New Cathedral Street to the urban sprawl-on-the-grass of Piccadilly Gardens.
Coffee and culture.
Spring gets buzzy at Cornerhouse
Art in rude health: Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry’s state of the arts
Global groove.
One of last century’s most influential artists, Nam June Paik, gets not one but two shows in Liverpool
Do look now.
It’s easy enough to talk about death in contemporary art, yet birth is still surrounded by taboos. Why should that be? asks Emily Morris, inspired by contemporary art collection Birth Rites
Reeling in the years.
Cornerhouse crosses the line between cinema and contemporary art.
A marriage of more than convenience: Cornerhouse & the Library Theatre
It’s not all doom and gloom: Cornerhouse and the Library Theatre Company sign a £19m deal to open a new arts centre in Manchester in 2014. Susie Stubbs finds out more.
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?
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Outsider art
Artists Ford Madox Brown and Adolphe Valette were two visitors to the city who made a lasting impression on Manchester. Jessica Lack investigates.... More -
Old traditions, new blood
A flurry of new arrivals, relocations, and enticing performances add up to an embarrassment of riches for classical music lovers in Manchester, Femke Colborne finds.... More -
Drawing outside the lines
Ben Luke gets a first look at Asia Triennial Manchester 2011 and the Whitworth’s Dark Matters, two exhibitions in which art does no less than transcend borders and conquer time.... More -
Fest in show
While the Weekender brings together the best of Manchester over three days, it wouldn’t exist without four of the amazing annual festivals that arrive in the city each October. Matthew Hull takes a closer look at their programmes... More
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