John Akomfrah’s acclaimed video installation Vertigo Sea is a three-screen film, which focuses on man’s relationship with the sea and explores the history of slavery, migration and conflict; fusing archival material, readings from classical sources and newly shot footage.   The exhibition runs from the… Read more »

The new exhibition at the Holden Gallery is titled “Ruse: the artfulness of deceit” and focuses on things that are not quite what they seem. It is based firmly in the realm of the ordinary, but explores how this might be transformed and all of… Read more »

MANIFF returns in 2017 with another line-up of the best independent films from around the world. This year’s festival runs from Thursday March 2nd to Sunday March 5th at the Odeon Printworks in Manchester city centre. The official selection includes everything from experimental films and… Read more »

John Burgess Wilson, who found global fame as the writer and composer Anthony Burgess, was born in North Manchester in 1917. To celebrate Burgess’s 100th birthday, the International Anthony Burgess Foundation is hosting a special live performance at the Engine House on Cambridge Street, in… Read more »

Art Battle Manchester returns this Friday, with painters, illustrators, tattooists and street artists going head-to-head in what has been described at the city’s most energetic art event. The crowd vote in rounds as ten artists each attempt to create a masterpiece in only 30 minutes,… Read more »