Arts Archive
19th February 2021
Wanderer in the skyline: A city view caught in the reflection?
The sights and sounds of Manchester may have been put on a pandemic pause, but The Manc Wanderer remains undeterred in pursuit of the perfect shot
12th February 2021
Is it Art?: Welcome back
Sam Burt considers what the bittersweet signs of the Whitworth Gallery might mean to us now
5th February 2021
Online Exhibition Review: Obstructions
Arts Editor Sam Burt explores the latest exhibition in an online series presented by Castlefield Art gallery
27th January 2021
MACFEST: The power of community over isolation
What to expect from this year’s MACFEST, the festival of Islamic art and culture
18th January 2021
Art galleries aren’t a priority in a pandemic – but they are essential
The real threat to galleries may not be Covid-19 but the government’s utilitarian attitude to the arts, says Probert Dean
16th January 2021
Materialise with the Manchester School of Art
The Art team explore the new online exhibition showcasing the work of Manchester School of Art’s MA students – ‘Materialise’
12th December 2020
The Lurner Prize: the art prize for everyone
The Lurner Prize is a prize for self-taught artists to find success outside of the traditional cultural institutions
11th December 2020
Art in Mancunia: Summer-May Henry
Sam Burt catches up with Summer-May Henry about all things graphic design, inclusive representation, and working during lockdown
10th December 2020
Is it Art? Student protest banners
Just cardboard and bedsheets, or something more? Sam Burt discusses whether recent creative efforts at demonstrations can be considered ‘protest art’
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4th December 2020
What’s going on with Mary Wollstonecraft?
In case you haven’t seen, historical feminist writer from the 1700s, Mary Wollstonecraft, is causing a controversy in the UK, online, and even in the New York Times; But why?
20th November 2020
Art in Lockdown: ’50 Windows of Creativity’
Sam and Ruby explore the new multi-media art trail showcasing around central Manchester
24th July 2020
Manchester and murals: Cultural resilience in the wake of ‘catastrophe’
It’s true that a bee has a hive and a home, but does it not have wings of freedom?
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
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 […]
5th March 2020
Art in Mancunia: Twin Complex
Daisy Culver talks to Manchester musician Twin Complex about his work, his inspiration and the future
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 […]
27th February 2020
Art in Mancunia: Kiana Kabiri
Daisy Culver interviews DJ Kiana Kabiri on her music, culture, and inspiration