Len Green discusses how he seeks to encapsulate the energy, power, and dynamism of the Northern Soul movement in his first completed body of art work

New artwork in the union is causing somewhat of a stir

Eleanor Forrest finds out what it means for comedian Tez Ilyas to ’Teztify’ against modern day assumptions of himself as a Northern, Working-class, British Muslim.

Four universities go head to head in a slam poetry competition tackling issues ranging from puberty to politics

Manchester Art Gallery host Sonia Boyce as part of the Objects of Obsession collaboration with the Royal Academy, revealing what object has influenced and obsessed her most

Castlefield Gallery holds a major two person exhibit exploring an encounter between the quotidian, ancient world, and contemporary Britain

Nearly a century since Annie Swynnerton was first exhibited at the Manchester Art Gallery, they pay homage to her legacy as part of the Wonder Woman Festival running across Manchester

Vikram Kushwah’s photography brings surreal fairytales to fashion photography

Orla Quilligan talks to Cara Looij, project manager of multimedia arts event (IN)SANE

Liv Clarke identifies why Petra Collins’ hazy dreamscape photography has become so pertinent in our own female realities

Putting young South Asian talent on the agenda, the Whitworth Young Contemporaries launched an evening full to the brim with conceptual art and emerging musicians to bring diversity back into galleries

10 terracotta warriors and over 180 artefacts are on display at the World Museum, Liverpool, linking the UK and China both historically and culturally

Initiating a pertinent debate or a publicity stunt? Florrie Badley considers the implications of Manchester Art Gallery’s recent removal of a canonical Victorian painting

Len Grant brings life to the otherwise ordinary in ‘The Rusholme Sketcher’ Series

Fighting for women’s freedom from harassment, activist Yasmeen Mjalli discusses how she weaponises the medium of protest art to create social change in the West Bank

We look ahead to the the feminist festival taking over of Manchester through an innovative series of exhibitions, performances and discussions

John Stezaker showcases his unique brand of artistry as the Whitworth gallery is taken over by his surreal photographic collages

Editor-in-Chief Kirstie O’Mahony felt a complete fool for her trepidation before this show, as it turned out to be one of the best she’d ever seen

As we look ahead to the new year, we also look back as the successes of the last one with ArtBox

We talked to Faye Gosling, one of many students involved in this fundraising event for the Manchester Mind charity