Manchester
Museum of Science and Industry's Mini makes way for £7 million redevelopment
A Mini lifted by millions of people at the Museum of Science and Industry will be moved in a £7million project.
Manchester's Gallery of Costume to reopen after two-year, £1.3million revamp
The Gallery of Costume in Manchester is to reopen following a two-year, £1.3 million overhaul on March 13.
Nude artist Spencer Tunick announces Lowry-inspired project in Manchester and Salford
Spencer Tunick, the American artist known for inviting nude volunteers to pose outside dozens of landmarks, is looking for 1,000 exhibitionists to take part in his latest project as part of the 10th birthday of The Lowry in Salford.
Urbis Has Left the Building: pop culture museum bows out with retrospective
Urbis celebrates its rise to international renown with a final show in Manchester. Urbis Has Left the Building: Six Years of the Best Exhibitions In Pop Culture offers a chance to revisit some...
Stuffed bear show makes nature more real at Manchester Museum this weekend
Icelandic artist Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and UK collaborator Mark Wilson photographed every taxidermied bear in the UK between 2002 and 2004. The resulting visual narrative is about to go on show ...
Walls Are Talking: Wallpaper, Art and Culture at the Whitworth Art Gallery
More than just a decorative backdrop, wallpaper is the focus of a major new show at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. More than 30 international artists, including Zineb Sedira and Thomas...
Tracey Emin Travelling Chess Set given "perfect context" at Whitworth Art Gallery
Few people were scrutinising the piece itself when Tracey Emin launched her saucy Travelling Chess Set in a blaze of publicity last October, but now Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery has put it on...
Czech-born Manchester artist Pavel Büchler wins 2010 Northern Art Prize
Pavel Büchler's sound installations, based around reel-to-reel tape decks, bottles of whisky and twisted projections of the solar eclipse, have won the Czech-born artist this year's £16,500...
David Mackintosh takes Cornerhouse to The Edge of Things
A new show of drawing at Cornerhouse Manchester promises to unsettle viewers with macabre, yet minmal scenes in a range of media. David Mackintosh brings his surreal vision to life with animation,...
Manchester sonic arts festival FutureEverything wins Lever Prize
FutureEverything, the Manchester-based music and arts festival which enjoyed supersonic success in its guise as FutureSonic last year, has won £10,000 from the Lever Prize and a year of backing from ...
Shaped by War: Imperial War Museum's retrospective of conflict capturer Don McCullin
War photographer Don McCullin's own turbulent past shaped the unsentimental approach which allowed him to capture 51 years of global conflict. A major retrospective of his work opens at the Imperial...
Talks on Manchester move push Royal Opera House North closer to reality
The £100 million proposal for Royal Opera House North, a Manchester outlet of the Covent Garden performing arts powerhouse, has been the subject of "very positive" talks between Manchester City...
Rare gas washing machine donated to Museum of Science and Industry
One of Britain's last gas washing machines that became an enduring symbol for a post-war couple's marriage has been donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.
Museum of Science and Industry begins £7 million renovation
The Museum of Science and Industry on the site of Britain's oldest railway station in Manchester will be transformed by new construction work that bosses hope will bring in a million visitors a year.
Public make their own minds up as Northern Art Prize final opens at Leeds Art Gallery
Two months before the winner is announced, the competing entries by the four finalists in this year's Northern Art Prize have gone on display in an exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery. Patrick Dandy...
