Arts

Da Vinci: The Genius

ArticleA major touring exhibition that offers a unique look at one of the world's most revered artists and inventors

Marvel Art Exhibition

29 July 2010 - 09 September 2010

ExhibitionAward winning art gallery Generation Pop will be hosting a tribute to Marvel with a six week exhibition of the official Marvel Fine art collection.

Abandon Normal Devices

01 October 2010 - 07 October 2010

ExhibitionAbandon Normal Devices (AND) is a regional festival, taking place across the Northwest and is a catalyst for production and experimentation at the intersection of Digital Culture and New Cinema.

Screenfields

20 May 2010 - 09 September 2010

MVIC Surface eventScreenfields is back! Lazy days in the sun, Thursdaynight films, the best of live sport, a brand new family film club and the proms. All screenings are free and we hear this summer’s going to be a scorcher.

Beer and Jazz Festival

23 September 2010 - 24 September 2010

ExhibitionA selection of 40 cask ales and ciders with a full bar service. Food available all day. Live music including The Bavarian Beer Band, folk fusionists Twelfth Day.

The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 2010

21 October 2010 - 24 October 2010

ExhibitionNow in its third year, The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair is a high profile, high quality, selected fair, where over 140+ cutting edge designer-makers will be given the opportunity to sell their work directly to the public and trade.

Scary Mary’s Hairy Beary Fairy Tales

19 August 2010 - 16 September 2010

ExhibitionSee Scary Mary and her flock of sheep, the Three Bears, with two daddy bears, and you won’t believe what happened to the Three Little Pigs.

The Modern Lesbian

20 August 2010 - 05 September 2010

ExhibitionThis latest body of work from photographer Rachel Adams.

Threadbare: Drawings by Debbie Smyth

03 July 2010 - 30 October 2010

ExhibitionUsing pins to plot very precise points and joining them up with thread, Debbie’s textile art is complex and unique.

Welcome to My World

20 August 2010 - 20 September 2010

ExhibitionThis photographic exhibition is based around a number of celebrities who have gay relatives or friends. Each shot is accompanied by a slogan, “my brother/mother/friend is gay”.

The Land Between Us: power, place and dislocation

25 September 2010 - 23 January 2011

ExhibitionTaking a radical approach to landscape art, The Land Between us presents historic and modern aswroks together and on equal terms.

Krysko & Kashiwagi

02 October 2010

ExhibitionPart performance art and part club night, DJ Matthew Krysko (The Warehouse Project) and artist Naomi Kashiwagi combines electronic music, wind-up gramophones, shellac records and the latest in digital.

Manchester Model Railway Exhibition

02 October 2010 - 03 October 2010

ExhibitionOver twenty layouts in a variety of scales and gauges. A full range of traders and specialist societies will be present, carrying a wide range of model railway and railway related products.

Mister Sixties: Philip Townsend’s Portraits of a Decade

18 September 2010 - 07 November 2010

ExhibitionThe Swinging Sixties is at the heart of a new exhibition from celebrated 60s photographer Philip Townsend.

Recorders: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

18 September 2010 - 30 January 2011

ExhibitionAll the pieces depend upon your participation to exist: all their content is "crowdsourced". The installations react to and record your interaction with them, from your appearance and the movements you make, to your voice and even your pulse.

Feral Trade Café

27 August 2010 - 10 October 2010

ExhibitionFor 6 weeks, the Feral Trade Café at Castlefield Gallery will serve up an array of ‘ferally’ traded drinks and snacks along with delivery documentation collected by the artist.

Warrington Art Group Exhibition

28 August 2010 - 12 September 2010

ExhibitionNow in its seventh year, the exhibition celebrates local art and is designed to encourage artistic talent in the community. Come along and vote for your favourite piece of art work in the people’s choice competition.

Salford's Totem Pole

01 June 2010 - 31 December 2010

ExhibitionSalford's very own totem pole stands 30 foot tall with the proud Thunderbird on top.

Suffragettes to Supermodels: 100 years of Fashion

13 March 2010 - 01 January 2011

ExhibitionA display of the most iconic looks from 1910 to present day

Roxana Allison: Becoming a Memory

14 August 2010 - 26 September 2010

ExhibitionOpen since May 2010, Untitled Gallery is an exhibition space in the basement of the Friends' Meeting House, a Grade II listed building dating from 1828. Untitled Gallery opened with Untendable, a solo show of new works by New-Zealand born artist Pau

Camouflage

27 March 2010 - 12 September 2010

ExhibitionLose yourself at Imperial War Museum North in Manchester! The Museum's first ever Camouflage exhibition includes free fun activities for all the family. Discover how to hide a fleet of battleships and find out why you would paint a jeep pink.

180th Anniversary of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

11 September 2010 - 23 October 2010

Exhibition15 September 2010 is the 180th anniversary of the world’s first inter-city passenger railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR).

DECADE PARADE - SMALL HATS BIG LOOK

12 June 2010 - 28 November 2010

ExhibitionDECADE PARADE - SMALL HATS BIG LOOK

THE GULF WAR 1990 - 1991: PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN KEANE

18 September 2010 - 27 February 2011

ExhibitionMarking twenty years since the Gulf War 1990 - 1991, Imperial War Museum North in Manchester presents a small but powerful display of photographs taken by renowned artist John Keane.

At the Edge: British Art 1950 to 2000

31 July 2010 - 30 October 2010

ExhibitionExhibition of mid-to-late twentieth century paintings, sculpture, ceramics, photography and print from the collections of four North West galleries

Walls Are Talking: Wallpaper, Art and Culture

06 February 2010 - 30 August 2010

ExhibitionThe first major UK exhibition of artists' wallpapers with work by over 30 artists including Andy Warhol, Sarah Lucas and Damien Hirst.

Manchester International Festival

01 July 2011 - 31 July 2011

ExhibitionThe Manchester International Festival of new, original work will transform the city into a festival-zone bringing specially commissioned work by some of the world’s best artists in visual and performing arts and music.

Unrealised Potential

17 July 2010 - 12 September 2010

ExhibitionExhibition giving you the chance to buy artists' unrealised ideas.

Everyday People by Spencer Tunick

12 June 2010 - 26 September 2010

ExhibitionSpencer Tunick is an American artist whose dramatic installations have gained him a reputation as one of the most renowned contemporary artists working today.

FINDING MANCHESTER, LOST IN BOLIVIA

04 September 2010 - 30 January 2011

ExhibitionThe discovery of a village called Manchester on a post-war Russian air map, led photographers Liz Peel and Chris Smith on a three month journey of discovery through South America.

English Book Club Breaks

01 January 2010 - 31 December 2010

Show / DisplayExplore English novels, poetry and plays in the dramatic northern settings in which they were written.

Ninette de Valois and the story of The Royal Ballet

22 October 2010 - 06 March 2011

ExhibitionA major new exhibition collaboration between the Royal Opera House and The Lowry, Salford

'The Beautiful and The Damned'

20 August 2010 - 02 October 2010

ExhibitionThe Beautiful and The Damned will present some of the bestin contemporary British painting in their debut Manchester exhibition.

Doctor Who Live

22 October 2010 - 24 October 2010

EntertainmentThe new stage show, based upon the BBC's smash-hit, award-winning series Doctor Who, promises to deliver a spectacular experience featuring live music, special effects and appearances from the show's most popular monsters.

Carried Away

13 February 2010 - 10 October 2010

ExhibitionThe museum's first changing exhibition Carried Away is a photographic exhibition taking a sideways look at protest through the last 100 years.

All Aboard: Stories of War at Sea

17 July 2010 - 01 May 2011

ExhibitionJump aboard and test your sea legs at this major new exhibition for all the family.

Imperial War Museum North

01 January 2010 - 31 December 2010

ExhibitionThe IWM is unique in its coverage of conflicts, from the First World War to the present day. It seeks to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of war. Daily tours and object handling sessions.

Digitalis

31 July 2010 - 19 September 2010

ExhibitionDigitalis (31 July – 19 September 2010) How can the digital world provide new possibilities in the field of painting? In this exhibition, five painters set out to answer this question and explore how new technologies can provide fresh opportunitie

Tracey Eastham

17 August 2010 - 26 September 2010

ExhibitionTracey Eastham uses found imagery on paper to make intricate, beguiling collages that explore stereotypical representations of nature and landscape.

War At Sea

17 July 2010 - 01 April 2011

ExhibitionThis major new interactive exhibition for all the family is Imperial War Museum's first large-scale exhibition to reveal the unique experiences of life at sea in wartime.

Heroes and Monsters

20 July 2010 - 19 September 2010

ExhibitionExplore they myths and legends of Manchester Art Gallery with the help of family friendly trails and activities.

Intuition

26 June 2010 - 09 January 2011

ExhibitionExhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures recently acquired by the Whitworth Art Gallery.

Through the Pages: A hidden history?

04 August 2010 - 31 October 2010

ExhibitionDrawing on the collections of The John Rylands Library, this intimate display looks at a selection of gay narratives.

Magical Moominvalley: The Illustrations of Tove Jansson from Tampere Art Museum Moominvalley Collection Finland

23 October 2010 - 15 January 2011

ExhibitionThe world of the Moomins from Finland has delighted and captivated children and adults alike for 65 years. This autumn, Bury Art Gallery will bring this magical world to the town as the first exhibition of a unique cultural partnership.

In the Spotlight: Odette Hallowes's pistol

24 October 2009 - 30 September 2010

Exhibition'In the Spotlight' illuminates a unique object from the Museum's Collections for a limited period of time and explores the fascinating stories behind it.

History, Mystery and Myth

16 November 2009 - 26 September 2010

ExhibitionExhibition about Rochdale’s storytelling tradition, using Touchstone's collection to highlight the work of local writers.

The Reflective Room

06 July 2010 - 01 October 2010

ExhibitionRelax at the Manchester Museum

Tyneside Shipyards, 1943: Photographs by Cecil Beaton

17 July 2010 - 30 July 2011

ExhibitionAn outdoor exhibition displaying the work of iconic photographer Cecil Beaton.

Fired Up: ceramics and meaning

17 July 2010 - 14 November 2010

ExhibitionFired Up: Ceramics and Meaning (17 July – 14 November 2010) Offering an alternative perspective on contemporary ceramics, this exhibition brings together the work of some of today’s most exciting potters whose work lies within the realms of politi

Unlocking Salford Quays: The Inside Story

28 August 2010 - 31 December 2010

ExhibitionIn this special exhibition you can ‘unlock’ the past, see the artists’ models and drawings for the sculptures themselves and tell us your memories and impressions of the Quays.

Dreamfest

19 June 2010 - 26 September 2010

ExhibitionPaintings of Salford and Manchester with a twist by local student artist.

Community Exhibition: Wythenshawe

03 October 2009 - 31 August 2010

ExhibitionIn this specially created exhibition, the community sits alongside MOSI's world class collections to show the world why Wythenshawe matters.

Tatton Park Biennial 2010: Framing Identity

08 May 2010 - 26 September 2010

ExhibitionFrom May to September 2010, Tatton Park stages its second Biennial of contemporary art, a laboratory for creative experiment and exchange, with new works commissioned for the Deer Park, Mansion and Formal Gardens.

Elizabeth Gaskell: A Connected Life

ArticleHow social connections influenced this prolific writer

Mansion Exhibition: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cheshire

30 August 2010 - 31 October 2010

ExhibitionKnutsford, where Elizabeth Gaskell grew up is well known as her inspiration for ‘Cranford’.

Pairings: A Conversation

01 September 2010 - 13 November 2010

Exhibition“Pairings: A Conversation” cross-disciplinary collaborations in craft and design.

From Our Correspondent

01 May 2011 - 01 January 2012

ExhibitionThis major new exhibition will investigate how information about conflicts reaches civilian populations and look at the role of the war correspondent. Timed to coincide with the opening of Media City:UK and the relocation of 5 BBC departments to The

DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME

29 August 2010 - 29 November 2010

Exhibition'DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME' EXHIBITION AT THE ART OF TEA.

Wedding Show

29 January 2011 - 30 January 2011

ExhibitionThe North of England's Premier Bridal Exhibition will be held in a luxurious grand marquee within the magnificent grounds ofTatton Park.

Ambient Art

23 May 2010 - 22 August 2010

ExhibitionAmbient Art will be exclusively exhibited at The Art of Tea café, Manchester from the 23rd May - 22nd August.

M'Sieve Art Exhibition

15 October 2010 - 22 October 2010

ExhibitionWith artist from all across the UK and varying in styles with a great mixture of Fine Art, Photography, Illustration, Model Making, 3D, Graphic Design, Doodlers, and anything else that may crop up.

Strada presents the illy Art Collection

06 September 2010 - 17 September 2010

ExhibitionA unique exhibition, twenty years in the making and conceived to combine the aesthetic pleasure of art with the sensory pleasure of coffee, will arrive in Manchester this September.

Delph's BIG Switch On

04 December 2010

FestivalFestivities start at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, 4th of December with the switch-on of the Village Illuminations followed by a Firework Display. With music from Delph Brass Band and an artificial Skating Rink amongst many activities, theres fun for all!

Model Railway Exhibition

27 November 2010 - 28 November 2010

ExhibitionThe Pennine Model Railway Society invite you to their Model Railway Exhibition, which will feature a minimum of five layouts, and trade stands to support.

China: Journey To The East

25 September 2010 - 26 June 2011

ExhibitionExhibition of ancient and modern Chinese artefacts.