Dave PorterIf art is a weapon, then the corollary of such a statement is that it is also a weapon which can be used against the artist. Such was the case with Ai Weiwei who was imprisoned by the Chinese authorities for 81 days 15 years ago. He recreates the...
Leslie James Kerwin‘Curtain Up’, a new exhibition at Lowry, Salford, brings together works from artists Simeon Barclay, Chris Paul Daniels, Denzil Forrester, Rowland Hill, Joy Labinjo, Ryan Mosley, Abigail Reynolds, Bridget Smith, and Ulla von Brandenburg...
Fifty years in the future, humanity has stepped down from the podium of Earth’s dominant species. Generations of damage to the planet’s ecosystem has now given rise to a new form of life: a living, breathing web of mycelium, supercharged by AI. In...
AI meets nature in a new interdisciplinary exhibition at Lowry from January which sees artists, John-Paul Brown and Sophy King, look beyond climate grief into a future of possibilities. It is 2076 – the climate crisis is fading, the Earth is...
Verity MarchantFollowing its success at Tate Britain last year, Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970-1990, opens at Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery. The wide-ranging exhibition of feminist art showcases work from more than 90 women artists...
Carmel ThomasonMrs Lowry and Son tells the story of Salford artist, L.S. Lowry’s relationship with his controlling mother, Elizabeth. Carmel Thomason meets its stars, Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave. In the Lowry galleries a short film, made in 1957, runs on a...
The Lowry Galleries are hosting a special display giving a peak behind the scenes of the new cinema biopic celebrating Lowry’s life. Mrs Lowry & Son stars Timothy Spall as artist LS Lowry and Vanessa Redgrave as his mother Elizabeth, with whom...
Lorraine Worsley-CarterArt with Heart’s roving art gallery, The Golden Years Caravan, extends a warm welcome wherever it parks, and we caught it as it rolled-up for the final day of its tour at Waterside Arts, as part of 10-day festival, Refract19. The experience...
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...
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...