Art

Nick Entwistle infront of his art.

19th March 2024 | By Meg Jones

Nick Entwistle: The real wheel renovator

A 35-year-old man from Stockport who has taken recycling to another level uses wasted wheel trim to express his love for art. Nick Entwistle’s array...

Manchester Jewish Museum building

13th March 2024 | By Martha Norris

“Not just a museum”

How Manchester’s Jewish Museum is opening its doors in many ways to bring local and the wider community of Cheetham Hill together.   The newly...

8th January 2024 | By Osaro Ojo

Researchers organise legal walk in Manchester to raise migration awareness at sunset

Researchers 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 boom

Manchester 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...

UK Jewish Film Festival 2023 Poster

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 mural

A new mural in Withington has been created in honour of Alan Geldard, the late cyclist who won Olympic bronze at the 1948 Games in...

People viewing 'Going to the Match' painting

28th November 2022 | By Thomas Markham

‘It’s Coming Home’: Iconic Lowry painting returns to public gallery after record-breaking sale

Mesmerised 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 event

Black creativity celebratory evening in Manchester Central Library Fashion show, art exhibition, word performance Brought by Bob Expo, Cultureville and Business IP Greater Manchester Carole...

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

26th October 2022 | By Thomas Mansbridge

Lowry successfully bids £7.8m to keep Going to the Match painting

Featured 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

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16th June 2022 | By Jessica Barnes

Still Parents exhibition breaks the silence on the trauma of baby loss

An 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...

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14th June 2022 | By Tyrese King

Manchester’s Festival of Libraries returns

The 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...

Rizwan Iqbal

14th June 2022 | By Tyrese King

Salaam festival shines a spotlight on Muslim culture in Manchester

  The Salaam Festival is a Manchester-based biennial festival that explores the future of Muslim art and culture through original work. Its aim is to...

Venture Arts

1st March 2022 | By Megan Traviss

In conversation with Venture Arts: the Manchester charity with a mission to empower disabilities within the arts

The Northern Quota sat down for a chat with Venture Arts’ project manager, Sarah Boulter. Sarah has worked with Venture Arts for a year and...

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3rd February 2022 | By Marina Argirova

Happy Chinese New Year: what’s on and how to celebrate in Manchester this week

Manchester has welcomed the Chinese new year in – the year of the tiger – with with a selection of socially distanced celebrations.  The celebrations include...

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3rd February 2022 | By Marina Argirova

HOME cinema welcomes art lovers and artists in annual open exhibition

The Manchester Open Exhibition opened up this week – for the second time ever – in HOME cinema. The exhibition, which is open and free to...

The Reno Whitworth Museum

15th December 2021 | By Tyrese King

Communities aren’t given enough of a voice, says Whitworth Gallery Director

  The director of the Whitworth Museum and Manchester Art Gallery, Alastair Hudson, takes time out to discuss the importance of building and strengthening ties...

Linda Brogan The Reno

8th December 2021 | By Tyrese King

Linda Brogan reminisces about the 80s and the Reno shining a light on Manchester’s past

Growing 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...

Manchester Literature Festival Caleb Nelson Brandon Taylor

14th November 2021 | By Tyrese King

Novel voices: Caleb Azumah Nelson and Brandon Taylor appear as part of Manchester Literature Festival

Writers Caleb Azumah Nelson and Brandon Taylor took part in a Manchester Literature Festival  event hosted by Ellah Wakatama for the first ever Narrator Voices...

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12th November 2021 | By Keiron Watkin

Man Met art student to have work displayed in Royal Academy summer exhibition

A 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...

Slow Revolution sculpture

2nd November 2021 | By Toni Clarke

Illuminated sculpture in Greengate Triangle is historic link to Salford’s industrial roots

A new sculpture has been unveiled in Salford symbolising its historical roots with the Industrial Revolution. The illuminated sculpture – entitled Slow Revolution – is also...