Banksy Lowry and Hirst at this year’s Manchester Buy Art Fair

Rare pieces from the likes of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Banksy and LS Lowry will feature alongside a selection of up and coming contemporary...

University duo in world’s top 10 ‘must-read women poets’

Two leading poets from Manchester Metropolitan University have been named in the world’s top 10 ‘women poets to read now’. The Poetry Book Society’s (PBS)...

Manchester NGO, In Place of War Wins £1 Million Grant

Creativity Conquering Conflict.  That’s the heart of In Place of War, a Manchester based international NGO who’s work spans 24 countries, reaching over 1,000,000...

Manchester School of Art alumni take over Selfridges for unique exhibition

Manchester School of Art has teamed up with Selfridges for a unique show in their Manchester Exchange Square store.

Even a small amount of creativity can help you cope with modern life, reveals...

Good news for those juggling time-pressures in today’s busy, modern life. According to ground breaking research commissioned by BBC Arts, even the briefest time...

The Bridgewater Hall will see dissenters, revolutionaries, radicals and non-conformists projected onto it

Artist and a Founder of ‘Rock Against Racism’, Red Saunders  Hidden Tableaux’s Peterloo Massacre 1819 will be projected onto the Bridgewater Hall as night falls...

New town centre arts hub comes to the Stockport Hat Works Museum

A new Stockport town centre arts hub will soon be opening its doors as a creative arts organisation gets set up in its new...

New cohort of artists to join The Lowry’s Artist Development Programme

The Lowry has announced a new cohort of artists who will be supported by its prestigious Artist Development Programme over 2020. Joining as part...

Share your ‘lockdown’ experience for major art and social history project

Culture is flourishing in Bury despite the Covid-19 pandemic – in fact, the virus is being used as the inspiration for a major new...

BBC Music Memories: Bringing audiences together across the world through 50 iconic songs

BBC Music Memories and BBC World Service are launching an international journey through music as part of the BBC’s music and dementia initiative. Rolled out...