manchester art exhibitions
Woman’s work: Mary Kelly at the Whitworth
From the dawn of women’s lib to the present day, Mary Kelly continues to challenge preconceptions
More sinned against than sinning.
What do King Lear and Little Richard have in common? They’re both hanging out in Salford Quays this spring, as Matthew Hull discovers. His name might be over the door but there’s more to The Lowry than the great man’s art. The centre, a landmark feature of the Salford Quays waterfront since its opening in [...]
Art in rude health: Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry’s state of the arts
Close By. Castlefield.
Cut through by the Bridgewater Canal (left), studded with red brick warehouses and built on the partially excavated site of a roman fort, Castlefield is an area that wears its past proudly. The much loved MOSI (Manchester’s own Museum of Science & Industry) is largely housed in the historic Liverpool Road railway station but, thanks [...]
Cecil Beaton at Imperial War Museum North. Shipyard Chic.
Neil McQuillian discovers what happened when Cecil Beaton – high society photographer and fashionista – was commissioned in 1943 to document the distinctly unglamorous Tyneside shipyards.
Outsider art comes in at the Whitworth.
The obsessive, secretive work of misfit artists gets its first UK museum home – in Manchester
Not so black and white.
Kate Feld ponders the old North-South divide (and a few stereotypes) in a new photography exhibition at Gallery Oldham
Ever Growing, Never Old: Toby Paterson and a Soviet obsession
Matthew Hull gets a taste of the former Soviet Union… at a roadside gallery in Manchester, courtesy of a series of photographic works by Becks Futures artist Toby Paterson
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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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