Kate Feld

An art exhibition and an opera appearing in Manchester both use art to shine a light on a very dark world: the international sex trade, where an estimated 800,000 women...

Northwest artist Leo Fitzmaurice, who has exhibited extensively in Manchester, is a finalist for the high-profile Northern Art Prize. Kate Feld talks to the artist about his thoughtful and engaging...

We’re with Tacita Dean on this one: the digital camera has stripped photography of its mystery. Now we can all take ‘good’ pictures with our phones, our apps, our DSLRs,...

The People’s History Museum offers up an engaging new exhibition on the art of the political poster. It’s definitely got Kate Feld’s vote. The new austerity is upon us, with...

Yes, the Manchester International Festival is fantastic, isn’t it? But it’s not the only game in town. There are a number of other festivals happening in Manchester this summer that...

From the custardy pleasures of a Manchester tart to the humble Eccles cake, we Mancunians love our sweets.  If  you’re after a sugar fix, Kate Feld has some ideas. 1....

Manchester International Festival returns with an expanded children’s programme for 2011 that should please parents and kids alike, finds Kate Feld. You wouldn’t know it from reading the broadsheets, but...

From the dawn of women’s lib to the present day, Mary Kelly continues to challenge preconceptions about what it means to be an artist and what it means to be...

The Manchester-based performance artist kicks off our new series on up-and-coming cultural folk – and performs with Warehouse Project DJ Matthew Krysko as part of Saturday’s Manchester Weekender Naomi Kashiwagi...

Fine art, design, digital and video: a Korean group show pitches up in the Northern Quarter’s latest art space Manchester Digital Laboratory, the Northern Quarter community workspace also known as...

Kate Feld finds there are more things to do in Manchester (and its surrounds) than purely urban pursuits. She packs her swimsuit and takes the plunge…   For me, summer...

Kate Feld ponders the old North-South divide (and a few stereotypes) in a new photography exhibition at Gallery Oldham Whippets. Ferrets. Pigeon-racing. Dour coalminers and flat-capped factory workers clutching pints...