Huge works star at Ai’s largest ever site-specific show, while July 3 and 4 saw a 24-hour live performance of his 2011 ...
Manchester’s landmark new cultural venue, Aviva Studios, the permanent home of Factory International, officially opens today (18 October 2023) with the world premiere of Free Your Mind, a large-scale ...
As a critic of the Chinese Communist Party, the artist’s ‘risk has real meaning’, but he has ‘never excelled in nuance’ ...
Explore Ai Weiwei's monumental exhibition at Aviva Studios, a blend of art, activism, and Manchester's rich industrial ...
Home of Factory International, the venue has established itself as a cornerstone of the city's arts scene. By Sophie Williams Aviva Studios is Manchester’s latest cultural powerhouse. Since October ...
Acclaimed Chinese sculptor Ai Weiwei made the comments as a new exhibition of his work launches.
" Aviva Studios, as the home of Factory International, will be a nationally and internationally important cultural attraction in the heart of Manchester.This multi-year, multi-million pound ...
Yayoi Kusama’s inflatable sculptures—a room of tentacles, a towering pumpkin, and gigantic kawaii objects, all covered in polka dots—have christened the new 150,000-square-foot Aviva Studios, a ...
The artist’s latest show is a staggering takedown of colonial history, warfare and the migrant crisis, featuring buttons by the tonne and richly perfumed tea ...
An insurance company bought the naming rights to the $270 million complex in Manchester, in a clear sign of its distance from the D.I.Y. scenes of decades past. Aviva Studios, which was originally set ...
Doves celebrated that true feel of Manchester when they brought the curtain down on two nights at the city’s Aviva Studios. The band, formed in Wilmslow, back in 1998, are currently on the road in ...