RSSmanchester art exhibitions

Not so black and white.

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

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

Through the Looking Glass. Catherine Bertola at The Whitworth.

Through the Looking Glass. Catherine Bertola at The Whitworth.

An artist working with unconventional materials

Spencer Tunick at The Lowry. A naked tale of two cities.

Spencer Tunick at The Lowry. A naked tale of two cities.

Susie Stubbs heads to a press launch at The Lowry ahead of its latest commission and finds people ready to take ‘a cold plunge for art’s sake’

Anthony D’Offay: the ultimate gift aid

Anthony D’Offay: the ultimate gift aid

What’s it like to give away a multimillion pound collection of contemporary art? Jessica Lack finds out

Manchester vs. Liverpool

Manchester vs. Liverpool

In the battle of the arts, does Manchester or Liverpool come out on top?

Arachnophobia. Carlos Amorales creeps out the Cornerhouse.

Arachnophobia. Carlos Amorales creeps out the Cornerhouse.

Mexican multimedia artist Carlos Amorales takes over Gallery One at Cornerhouse with two haunting and complex video-based works – timed to mark the Viva Spanish & Latin American Film Festival

Everything’s gone green. Expansion plans for the Whitworth Art Gallery.

Everything’s gone green. Expansion plans for the Whitworth Art Gallery.

The planned £12m expansion of Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery will bring the outside in. Kate Feld talks to the architects behind the scheme ahead of the final funding bid