Carmel ThomasonA retired miner on a child’s tricycle; a Mao Zedong impersonator, and a father and daughter swimming in the sea, are just three of the 200 winning images chosen by industry leaders to celebrate global values of individuality, community and unity...
It’s almost 25 years since Lowry’s painting A Cricket Match was last seen on public display. At that time, it was part of a pre-auction display at Sotheby’s, where it was sold for £282,000 – then a record price for one of Lowry’s works. Before its...
A dream-like luminarium is heading to MediaCityUK as part of a dazzling four-day festival culminating in a breath-taking high-wire performance across the Quays. ARBORIA Photo Alan Parkinson Architects of Air’s luminariums are inhabited sculptures...
‘Above all what matters is not to lose the joy of living in the fear of dying,’ said Maggie Keswick Jencks, on hearing that her breast cancer had returned in May 1993. Maggie went on to live with advanced cancer for two years and during that time...
Joe Moran, Artistic Director of Dance Art Foundation, is the latest artist to exhibit work as part of The Lowry’s Edit series. Untitled (spray paint work) – courtesy Joe Moran The British-Irish artist and choreographer has taken over two of...
Galleries across County Durham are launching a year-long centenary focus on one of the North East’s most celebrated artists, Norman Cornish. Norman Cornish’s depiction of mining life in north east England captured the working heart of pitmen and...
A new exhibition at The Lowry, Salford Quays, is shining a light on artist LS Lowry’s passion for Pre-Raphaelite art work. In his younger days Lowry was an admirer of this 19th century group of artists and later became a collector of their...
Following Portrait of Britain, the largest ever exhibition of contemporary portrait photography, a call is now open for photographers to enter a new international award, Portrait of Humanity. This global initiative from 1854 Media, publisher of...
The largest ever exhibition of contemporary portrait photography, Portrait of Britain returns in September for a third year – and you don’t even have to visit a gallery to see it. The nationwide exhibition uses digital screens in everyday places...
Manchester-born, DJ Paulette has curated the latest of the Lowry’s Edit series of gallery projects, with a new art installation titled, Homebird. The name was chosen because although her music has taken her around the world, Manchester has a pull...
