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Every cloud has a silver lining.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

How an Icelandic ash-cloud inspired a contemporary jewellery exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery.

Art on the edge.

Art on the edge.

The art programme at Manchester International Festival 2011

Audioboo: Anish Kapoor

Audioboo: Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor talks to Creative Tourist about his work

The Urban Insider: Oxford Road

The Urban Insider: Oxford Road

From bassoons to baboons, Oxford Road has it all going on.

The Urban Insider: The City Centre

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.

More sinned against than sinning.

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

Art in rude health: Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry’s state of the arts

Sight specific.

Sight specific.

What links Antony Gormley & the wellington boot? A mobile media tour of Manchester’s public art launches

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