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    Karen Barbour, ‘Where the Fruits of the Trees Are Jewels’

    Moon Grove Gallery 7 Moon Grove, Manchester

    Karen Barbour’s first solo show in the UK. Comprising twenty-nine paintings on paper that include a new body of work as well as paintings and collages that have been re-visited over the years, it dwells on the California-based artist’s intense concern for the spiritual in painting and how it might serve to alter psychological perspectives on landscape, cityscape or our internal relationship with our environment in general.

  • 19th Century Now!

    Part of Manchester Metropolitan University’s 200th celebrations, this 2-day event highlights the continuing relevance of the 19th century today. 

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    AHEAD In Conversation: Arts and humanities responding to the polycrisis

    Manchester Metropolitan University - Manchester School of Art - Lowry Building Boundary St West, manchester

    AHEAD at Manchester Met invites you to join regional and national thinkers, as well as researchers and practitioners working in arts and humanities, to help us set out a new agenda for how these disciplines can contribute to the policy debate and be a vital force in discourse about national renewal.

  • 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence

    MMU and the Manchester Poetry Library invites you to attend 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a series of poetry readings, panels, and workshops led by academics in the field. Our events examine how poetry can create transformational social change in partnership with our public and policymakers.

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    Ancestral Avant-Gardes

    The Holden Gallery Cavendish Street, Manchester

    This one-day event, organised by art historian and critic Claire Bishop, will offer a range of artistic approaches to ancestrality in contemporary art and performance.

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    Ahead of the AI’s misinformation curve: let’s talk visual AI literacy

    This exciting and timely initiative addresses the recent advancements in visual generative AI which allow anyone to create highly realistic deepfakes, leading to misinformation and personal and social harms, and cementing stereotypes and representational biases. Led by Adi Kuntsman and Jessica Elias from DISC (Digital Society Research Group), in collaboration with the AI Artist and researcher, Dr Sam Martin, the project explores these issues in dialogue with national and international experts in digital literacy, misinformation and technological challenges, and shares AI literacy tools with local communities across Manchester and beyond.

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    The Cost of Us Film Screening and Creative Discussion

    Stretford Public Hall Chester Road, Manchester

    Join us at Stretford Public Hall for “The Cost of Us” a film created by women from Trafford, exploring the impact of the cost of living crisis on women of all ages.

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    Bunker Talk #153: Zodwa Nyoni

    Bunker Talks invite artists and researchers to explore geopolitical, ecological or economic concerns. Curated by the Performance Research Group at Manchester School of Art

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    Games Workshop Research Day : Saturday 11th October 2025

    International Anthony Burgess Foundation 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester

    The Manchester Game Centre is hosting its second annual Games Workshop Research Day on 11 October 2025!

    Please join us for a day of talks and games.

    For its second outing the event will run all day from 9:30am until 8:30pm and has 3 parts.

    Join us at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester for a day of talks and gaming. This event is free and is open to everyone.