Manchester
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 Demand, turn interior design into art.
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 display after buying it for £25,000.
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 Northern Art Prize.
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...
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 ...
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...
Darwin day at Manchester Museum marks 150th anniversary of Origin of Species
The Manchester Museum is marking the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species with a day of activities.
National Football Museum move to Manchester Urbis sparks uproar
Councillors, officials, museum staff and supporters have clashed after the National Football Museum decided to accept an £8 million bid from Manchester City Council to move most of the site to the...
Vaughan Allen: "Popular culture has failed in museum and exhibition terms"
Ahead of an expected announcement on the future of the National Football Museum tomorrow, Vaughan Allen, head of pop culture centre Urbis in Manchester, gives his views on the future of pop culture...
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci explored at MOSI
Da Vinci - The Genius comes to Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) with replicas of Da Vinci's many inventions and a groundbreaking exploration of the many layers of the Mona Lisa.
Four North-West arts groups named on 2010 Lever Art Prize shortlist
Two festivals, a Theatres Trust in Liverpool and Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery will compete for the £10,000 Lever Prize after being announced on the final shortlist by a panel of business...
