Arts Archive


Art in Mancunia: Evie Spicer
13th March 2020

Art in Mancunia: Evie Spicer

Rosie Plunkett takes a look at photographer Evie Spicer
Is it Art?: French Orbeez Bath
12th March 2020

Is it Art?: French Orbeez Bath

PSA: Don’t fill your bath with Orbeez
Art In Mancunia: Rebekah Knox
6th March 2020

Art In Mancunia: Rebekah Knox

Fuse Fm’s Head of Publicity speaks about Rebekah Knox’s photography journey and what we can expect to see from her at the A.I.M 2020 event
Acid Maia: Absence & Absinthe
5th March 2020

Acid Maia: Absence & Absinthe

Manchester-based creator Acid Maia sets the scene for the extensive and ‘genre-bending’ body of work in the cataclysmic places within our world where our concrete societies and the wild collide; the rural space that walks the line of two sublime forces that do battle every day. The contrast is present within the overgrown ivy on […]
Art in Mancunia: Twin Complex
5th March 2020

Art in Mancunia: Twin Complex

Daisy Culver talks to Manchester musician Twin Complex about his work, his inspiration and the future
Art and Climate Change: reading Eliasson and Shelley
4th March 2020

Art and Climate Change: reading Eliasson and Shelley

Water cascaded from a precipice above, exploding upon impact with the pool below. What loomed in front of me was Olafur Eliasson’s sculpture, Waterfall, a tall mechanism from which water fell ceaselessly. Full of texture and movement, it filled the empty sky, refracting light and magnifying the forms around it. In the city, it’s easy […]
Art in Mancunia: Kiana Kabiri
27th February 2020

Art in Mancunia: Kiana Kabiri

Daisy Culver interviews DJ Kiana Kabiri on her music, culture, and inspiration
Art in Mancunia: Dylan James and ‘The A4 Project’
27th February 2020

Art in Mancunia: Dylan James and ‘The A4 Project’

Harry Thorfin talks to Dylan James about the A4 project
Art in Mancunia: Ryan Gear
27th February 2020

Art in Mancunia: Ryan Gear

Ryan Gear is using photography to let us freely interpret in a world oversaturated with images
‘Penthouse and Pavement’ – Sarah Hardacre at The Modernist
21st February 2020

‘Penthouse and Pavement’ – Sarah Hardacre at The Modernist

Lisa Habernik reviews The Modernist’s exhibition on Sarah Hardarce’s work

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Is it Art? Fashion Week
20th February 2020

Is it Art? Fashion Week

Fashion editor Alice Porter explores the idea that the commodification of Fashion Week prevents it from being art
Art In Mancunia: Shona Sterland
20th February 2020

Art In Mancunia: Shona Sterland

Phedra Broach interviews photographer Shona Sterland about her work photographing the local landscape, and what we can expect for Art In Mancunia 2020
Print and Chill: An African textile workshop
20th February 2020

Print and Chill: An African textile workshop

Textiles have a major role in African cultures. Megan Oyinka pays homage to her heritage and influences at the Student Union printing workshop.
Art in Mancunia: Charlie Bird
19th February 2020

Art in Mancunia: Charlie Bird

Harry Thorfin talks to Charlie Bird, a photographer documenting a changing city through subtle, black and white street photography
Exhibition Review: Manchester Open Exhibition
13th February 2020

Exhibition Review: Manchester Open Exhibition

Chess Bradley discusses one of the most ambitious exhibitions she’s seen: The Manchester Open
Art In Mancunia: Sonny Baker Royle
13th February 2020

Art In Mancunia: Sonny Baker Royle

Phedra Broch writes about what we can expect from A.I.M 2020 applicant, Sonny Baker Royle
Art in Mancunia: Pleasures
13th February 2020

Art in Mancunia: Pleasures

Harry Thorfinn profiles Manchester band, Pleasures
Art in Mancunia: Alice Goad
6th February 2020

Art in Mancunia: Alice Goad

Rosie Plunkett discusses the photography of Alice Goad
Is it Art?: Sh*t London Guinness
6th February 2020

Is it Art?: Sh*t London Guinness

Chess Bradley ponders the question of whether horrible pints can be considered art
Art in Mancunia: Sebastian Schmidt
5th February 2020

Art in Mancunia: Sebastian Schmidt

Saoirse Akhtar-Farren discusses Sebastian Schmidt’s journey through electronic music during his time at the University of Manchester

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