Art
Art Review: The Estate Of Hermione, The Whitworth, Manchester
Hermione Burton, one hopes, would have loved it.
Read the full story..Art Review – The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Many famous faces stare at you through the ages during a visit to Walker Art Gallery’s outstanding new Tudor exhibition.
Read the full story..Art Review: Kunichika: Japanese Prints, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Wirral
Toyohara Kunichika was, by any standards, something of a character.
Read the full story..Exhibitions: Martin Grimes’ Fault Lines and Paula Chambers’ Working Girls, The Whitaker, Rossendale
As The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery in Rossendale approaches its first birthday since reopening, it continues to share the best emerging and established contemporary artists in its visual arts programme.
Read the full story..Nein! Nein! Nein! The Covid Covers exhibition, The White Hotel, Salford
A new exhibition has invited visitors to muse over memorable headlines from the Daily Star, including Carry On Chaos, Stick It Up Yer Virus, The Dukes Of Biohazard and Psycho Seagulls Corona Rampage.
Read the full story..Exhibition: Stirrings, Rachel Goodyear, Grundy Art Gallery / Salford Museum and Art Gallery
Co-commissioned by Grundy Art Gallery Blackpool and the University of Salford Art Collection, Stirrings is the first major solo exhibition by artist Rachel Goodyear in a museum and art gallery in the North West of England and will include new large-scale drawings and a new animation.
Read the full story..Exhibition: Amazônia, Sebastião Salgado, Science and Industry Museum, Manchester
From May 13, Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum will welcome Amazônia, a critically acclaimed major exhibition exploring the work of world-renowned Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, with free tickets available now for its 12-week run.
Read the full story..Exhibition Review: altered by Tony Heaton, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre
It depends on how you look at things: what you see, what you notice, what you take heed of.
Read the full story..Mini-Mural Art Trail: Chester Designed by Nature, Destination Chester
As part of the Chester Designed By Nature campaign launched by Destination Chester, ten BT cabinets have been transformed into colourful murals within the city centre.
Read the full story..Exhibition: The Likeness of Things, Baum-Cockrill-Henri–Walsh, Prescot Museum & Kirkby Gallery, Knowsley
A new exhibition at Knowsley’s Kirkby Galley aims to celebrate the work of four major artists who lived and worked in Liverpool from the 1960s and whose legacy lives on today.
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