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'The power of a vagina': how Marina Abramović plans to keep Manchester rain free

The performance artist will stage a ritualistic piece reflecting the traditions of an ancient village

Cancelled Palestinian event at Manchester venue must be reinstated, say artists and curators

The Voices of Resilience project was scrapped following complaints from a local organisation representing a significant part of the Jewish community

Manchester's £242m Aviva Studios officially opens with Matrix-inspired extravaganza

The performance, a collaboration between the director Danny Boyle, the artist Es Devlin and others, marked the culmination of a process during which costs have spiralled

How will the art market cope with stagflation?

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A Mata of Factory: Manchester's footballing legend goes avant-garde

The footballer turned curator Juan Mata makes a star turn at Manchester International Festival, which opens in the city's new Factory International venue

Reina Sofía Museum and Whitworth Gallery appoint new directors

The art historian Manuel Segade will join the Madrid institution while Tate international art curator Sook-Kyung Lee takes the reins in Manchester

Joy in Manchester’s cultural division as £211m arts centre opens

Factory International, the UK’s largest public investment in a cultural project since Tate Modern, opens in June alongside the Manchester International Festival

A Danny Boyle dance show inspired by The Matrix and an inflatable Kusama room: Manchester's new art space set to open next year

Factory International is over budget and four years late, but will create 1,500 new jobs and inject a projected £1.1bn into the city's economy over the next decade, city council say

Manchester gallery director forced out over Palestine statement in exhibition

Alistair Hudson, head of the Whitworth, leaves over text in Forensic Architecture's show last year

From the fall of Big Ben to the toxic truth about clouds: three to see at Manchester International Festival

As the biennial event opens in northern English city, we pick the best art and shows on view

Cost of Manchester arts centre The Factory jumps due to 'construction inflation'

City council will cover extra £20m costs for the Rem-Koolhaas designed venue

Iraq War remembered

The show largely sidesteps Tony Blair’s controversial role in the conflict

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The new Imperial War Museum North is a failure—as a museum

Our reporter visits Daniel Libeskind’s latest building in Manchester