Art
13th May 2024 | By Zoe Spencer
‘Hope. Despair. Miracles.’: Local artist reflects on the realities of LongsightA local artist from Longsight has inspired and delighted residents with her honest portrayal of life in Longsight, titled ‘Hope. Despair. Miracles’. Roxana Allison, who...
13th March 2024 | By Martha Norris
More than a Museum in Cheetham HillManchester’s Jewish Museum is opening its doors in many ways to bring local and the wider community of Cheetham Hill. The newly renovated space of...
8th January 2024 | By Osaro Ojo
Researchers organise legal walk in Manchester to raise migration awareness at sunsetResearchers from Manchester Metropolitan University organised a unique event to raise awareness about the city’s rich history of migration. The ‘Legal Walk for Migration’ saw...
8th January 2024 | By Osaro Ojo
Chanel’s Spectacular Métiers d’Art 2023/2024 Show showers Manchester hopes of economic boomManchester basked in Chanel’s 2023/2024 edition of Métiers d’Art show with council saying the show could bring an economic boom to the city The deputy...
22nd November 2023 | By Rebecca Mills
Manchester welcomes the UK Jewish Film Festival this November.The 27th annual UK Jewish Film Festival returned to cinemas across Manchester. Featured venues included Parrs Wood Cineworld cinema in Didsbury, Home in the city...
15th May 2023 | By Miles Cooke
Manchester Olympian Alan Geldard honoured with new Withington wall muralA new mural in Withington has been created in honour of Alan Geldard, the late cyclist who won Olympic bronze at the 1948 Games in...
28th November 2022 | By Thomas Markham
‘It’s Coming Home’: Iconic Lowry painting returns to public gallery after record-breaking saleMesmerised Mancunians traveled in their droves to see L.S Lowry’s ‘Going to the Match’ as the painting is rehung in The Lowry Art Gallery. The...
27th October 2022 | By Chloe Graber
Black history month celebrated through creativity at central library eventBlack creativity celebratory evening in Manchester Central Library Fashion show, art exhibition, word performance Brought by Bob Expo, Cultureville and Business IP Greater Manchester Carole...
26th October 2022 | By Thomas Mansbridge
Lowry successfully bids £7.8m to keep Going to the Match paintingFeatured Image - LS Lowry Going to the Match 1953 Professional Footballers’ Association, on loan to The Lowry Collection, Salford - The Estate of L.S. Lowry. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2015
16th June 2022 | By Jessica Barnes
Still Parents exhibition breaks the silence on the trauma of baby lossAn exhibition focussing on the grieving voices of parents who have experienced baby loss is being staged at the Whitworth art gallery. The exhibition blends artwork, objects, and poetry...
14th June 2022 | By Tyrese King
Manchester’s Festival of Libraries returnsThe Festival of Libraries returns to Greater Manchester to celebrate all 133 of the public libraries in the region. Since the pandemic the importance of libraries and literature in general have...
14th June 2022 | By Tyrese King
Salaam festival shines a spotlight on Muslim culture in ManchesterThe Salaam Festival is a Manchester-based biennial festival that explores the future of Muslim art and culture through original work. Its aim is to...
1st March 2022 | By Megan Traviss
In conversation with Venture Arts: the Manchester charity with a mission to empower disabilities within the artsThe Northern Quota sat down for a chat with Venture Arts’ project manager, Sarah Boulter. Sarah has worked with Venture Arts for a year and...
3rd February 2022 | By Marina Argirova
Happy Chinese New Year: what’s on and how to celebrate in Manchester this weekManchester has welcomed the Chinese new year in – the year of the tiger – with with a selection of socially distanced celebrations. The celebrations include...
3rd February 2022 | By Marina Argirova
HOME cinema welcomes art lovers and artists in annual open exhibitionThe Manchester Open Exhibition opened up this week – for the second time ever – in HOME cinema. The exhibition, which is open and free to...
15th December 2021 | By Tyrese King
Communities aren’t given enough of a voice, says Whitworth Gallery DirectorThe director of the Whitworth Museum and Manchester Art Gallery, Alastair Hudson, takes time out to discuss the importance of building and strengthening ties...
8th December 2021 | By Tyrese King
Linda Brogan reminisces about the 80s and the Reno shining a light on Manchester’s pastGrowing up in Manchester during the 1970s was a difficult period for members of the Afro-Caribbean community, with Linda Brogan vividly remembering the racism the community had...
14th November 2021 | By Tyrese King
Novel voices: Caleb Azumah Nelson and Brandon Taylor appear as part of Manchester Literature FestivalWriters Caleb Azumah Nelson and Brandon Taylor took part in a Manchester Literature Festival event hosted by Ellah Wakatama for the first ever Narrator Voices...
12th November 2021 | By Keiron Watkin
Man Met art student to have work displayed in Royal Academy summer exhibitionA Man Met art student at is having her work displayed at the Royal Academy summer exhibition. The RA summer show is the world’s oldest...
2nd November 2021 | By Toni Clarke
Illuminated sculpture in Greengate Triangle is historic link to Salford’s industrial rootsA new sculpture has been unveiled in Salford symbolising its historical roots with the Industrial Revolution. The illuminated sculpture – entitled Slow Revolution – is also...