Manchester After Hours returns on Thursday 18 May as the city’s arts and music scene comes alive in the evening. The annual event, part of the UK wide Museums at Night, will witness 15 original, largely free events. The line up is set to include gigs on wheels, video installations projected onto landmark aircraft and…
A fascinating display of works by 30 Chinese artists is set to feature across Manchester from 27th September until 23rd November in response to the theme of ‘conflict and compassion’ examining the conflicts and harmony of China. The exhibition comes after three decades of change in mainland China which has seen unprecedented political reform, economic…
Artist Bi Rongrong has taken up a three month residency at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art. Bi Rongrong focuses on drawing as a way of taking notes on everyday life – with subject matters such as nature, objects in their surrounding environments and structures providing inspiration and influence on her work. The residency, which…
Nie Zhengjie, the winner of the 2012 Liverpool John Moore’s Painting Prize China, has been invited to hold his first ever UK solo exhibition at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art in Manchester. The original UK painting prize (named after Sir John Moores,1896-1993), holds a valuable £25,000 award for first place, with four runners up…
