Cultural Shenanigans

An Exhibition [an] [ek-suh-bish-uh-n] Noun A space that needs to be filled An interaction between artist, audience, curator and the gallery A conversation about the use of language and communication through the display of art At first glance, The Holden Gallery at Manchester School of Art is filled with words. Black text on white walls, by [...]

If you’ve been near the University and MMU along Oxford Road, Manchester recently you might have noticed a large orange artwork just behind All Saints Park, in the Pavement Gallery window. (I recently blogged about Mark Titchner’s The World Isn’t Working exhibit). If you haven’t already had a look then Thursday 14 March would be [...]

Pavement is an exhibition space housed in a former drapery store at Manchester Metropolitan University (just behind All Saints Park on Oxford Road, and just beyond Manchester School of Art). I don’t need to give you the opening hours because the work is on display in the window, and can be viewed at any time.   2006 [...]

Two photographic series intermingle in Memory and Movement at Manchester Metropolitan University School of Art’s Holden Gallery. Both Chi Peng and Wang Fu Chun explore contrasting themes in contemporary China, though the two series could not be more different.   Chi Peng’s series, ‘Mood is Never Better than Memory’ appears mainly, from a distance, large [...]

Free For Arts Festival 2012 is GO! The not‐for‐profit celebration of art and performance in Manchester and Salford returned on Friday for its fourth year, and carries on until Friday 26 October. It’s a week of inventive and unique experiences for the public and it’s all f-f-f-freeeeeee. As there are five days left, I’ve picked five [...]