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Derek Bradbury and Alan Joyce calm ...
Wendy J Levy Gallery brings the sea and the moors to Didsbury
 
The Peterloo Massacre
This week marks the single most momentous day in Manchester’s history
 
Rear view mirror: The cat and the b...
...and a tale of domestic violence. Neighbour city taxi driver Tony Schumacher observes life on the streets a...
 
Give your creative side a break...
Enjoy a super snapping weekend taking pictures like a pro with a Malmaison Liverpool Art Breaks
Manchester Photographic Gallery
The city’s cultural and art scene gets a new addition...
 
Northern Quarter Light Tower is re-...
Sleuth and the Confidential battle that Cityco, Karney and NCP won for us
 
Tunick’s naked pictures of me
Thalia Allington-Wood goes to the Lowry to look at herself naked in the Spencer Tunick exhibition
 
Thomas’s does art
Manchester pub takes the lead in using art in the right way
‘Beyond the Comfort Zone’ epic jour...
John Nuttall traces the path of James M Turner from south Manchester via Bros to South East Asia
 
Tatton Biennial, the review
Jonathan Schofield loves many of the works but gets annoyed about all the forced irony
 
Outsider Art arrives in the Whitwor...
Confidential has a chat with itself about the acquisition of the Musgrave Kinley exhibition
 
Manc amateurs astonish
Amateur photographers in Cityco comp provide memorable pics
Martin Amis: Literature and Violence
Thursday 1 July, Martin Amis, Blake Morrison and John Gray go head to head on violence
 
Rear View Mirror: The day after Fat...
Tony Schumacher, out on the streets in his taxi, reflects on dads lost, dads never been and and dads never kno...
 
Hotel, Art, Opera and Heroes
Jonathan Schofield interviews Meredith Gunderson at City Inn and gets giddy with Heroes
 
Beaton goes large
Cecil Beaton’s shipbuilding pics arrive at the IWMN, and stand proud outside
Chester gets the Royal Academy
Peter Blake, Barbara Rae and others comes north
 
Picasso: Peace and Freedom /Tate Li...
One of the biggie events of the cultural year opens this weeked. Luke Porter gets the tour
 
VISUAL ARTS:   Dare To Wear: Glass ...
Stunning workmanship, but anti-fashion sentiment not so crystal clear, says Samantha Baguley
 
FutureEverything 2010
Impressive line up arrives in the city for a crazy beanfeast of innovative celebration
Capture Manchester Beautifully
‘Open City’: a free two hour photographic tour with tips from top snappers
 
Nude for art, the naked truth
Clio Euterpe beautifully describes the experience of being naked during Spencer Tunick’s art gatherings in ci...
 
Spencer Tunick: peeling off in Peel...
Jonathan Schofield watches as hundreds of naked people join in for group art installation
 
Tatton Park Biennial 2010: eye-popp...
Spectacular art show blossoms from 8 May– 26 September
Night and Day, Platform 12
Jan Chlebik and Phil Griffin bring art to the station with a splendid series of photographs of music venues
 
Da Vinci v Michelangelo, MOSI, Satu...
Short notice but get down if you can for this culture vulture talk
 
Passing Fancy: Street pole dancing
Sleuth wants to encourage more of this sort of stuff...and flashmob Charlestons
 
Interview with novelist, Alex Prest...
Melanie Mingas meets Alex Preston, author of the highly acclaimed 'This Bleeding City'
Fab Lab Manchester
Unleash your creative genius in this workshop for the people
 
Do you know this man?
Manchester Art Gallery wants you to identify these Mancunians of yesteryear ahead of their new photography exh...
 
Andrew Brooks: Love Manchester
Get down to 52 Princess Street if you want to look at Manchester differently
 
Art in Advertising, The Lowry
Jennifer Choi has a rethink and a pleasant day out at the Lowry's Art in Advertising exhibition
Alan Fletcher: Fifty years of graph...
Lauren Murphy takes a look at an excellent CUBE exhibition given a time extension
 
Womanchester: the story, the tours,...
Jonathan Schofield finds his feminine side during a month devoted to women
 
Meanwhile in Manchester
March sunshine gets the deckchairs out. Wish you were here.
 
Changelings at the Chapman Gallery
Sarah Tierney talks to artist Teresa Wilson about her collection of lost boys and fairy children
The Walls Are Talking: Wallpaper, A...
Thalia Allington-Wood on the Whitworth Art Gallery going to the wall
 
Facing East and ARTIST ROOMS review
Thalia Allington-Wood recommends the latest Manchester Art Gallery exhibitions but she doesn't love them
 
Storm-troopers invade Manchester
Generation Pop Art Gallery hosts pictures of fictional characters who mean so much to so many
 
Holocaust memorial day
Imperial War Museum North is staging a series of events to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, including...
Passing Fancy: CCTV in Chinatown
Occasional piece mooching around Manchester spotting things we find interesting
 
Watercolour masters on show in Oldh...
A new exhibition at Gallery Oldham shows off an impressive collection of watercolours
 
Best exhibition this year goes free
Angels of Anarchy: free for a day, Saturday 19 December
 
BOTW/EQ:NQ - public art as it shoul...
Band on the Wall Lights up the Northern Quarter with Giant Graphic Equaliser
ExInked exhibition
Thalia Allington-Wood questions whether getting a tattoo of a spiny lobster on your back is really a good idea
 
Illuminated Art Car Parade
Crazy cars driven by crazy artists... see it in the city centre this Thursday
 
Peter Saville designs us some giftw...
The city’s Creative Director provides a Manchester first with some glorious wrapping paper
 
Chapel Street Open Studios
Salford artists launch art and craft events throughout November
Remember Granada – remember when it...
Phil Griffin, Urbis, Winter Hill and Manchester’s role in TV history
 
James Ellroy interviewed
Philip Hamer interviews the great US crime writer James Ellroy for Confidential as he heads to Manchester
 
The lesser famous Barry White
The Bolton-born artist talks to Charlene McAuley about St Ives in the 1960s and why big paintings aren't alway...
 
Sexuality, violence and desire for ...
A new exhibition at the city centre's Artland Gallery will shake up your day
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