The Manchester Contemporary | Talks & Events Programme 2024

13:45 14:30

Adventure Everywhere: Pablo Picasso's Paris Nightlife

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Dave Haslam
15:15 16:30

Amplifying Women's Voices: Leadership, Mentorship, and Global-Majority Perspectives in Contemporary Art

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Xiaowen Zhu - esea

Petra van den Houten - Liverpool Biennial

Helena Lee

Rehana Mughal

Sinta Tantra

Thanh Sinden
13:15 13:30

Book Signing with Andy Spinoza, author of Manchester Unspun

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Andy Spinoza - Manchester Unspun
14:30 14:45

Book Signing with Dave Haslam, author of Adventure Everywhere: Pablo Picasso's Paris Nightlife

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11:15 11:30

Book Signing with Gemma Rolls-Bentley, author of Queer Art

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Gemma Rolls-Bentley
12:00 15:00

Book Signing with Mark Demsteader, artist featured in Moorlands

Cheshire Art Gallery, Stand 302

Mark Demsteader
10:30 11:15

Building an Art Collection with Meaning

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Jez Dolan

Gemma Rolls-Bentley
12:30 13:15

How Art & Culture Defined Manchester

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Andy Spinoza - Manchester Unspun
14:15 15:00

In Conversation: Mark Demsteader

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Polly Checkland Harding

Mark Demsteader
11:30 12:15

Liverpool Biennial 2025 : Curator Q&A

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Paulette Brien, Curator - The Grundy

Marie-Anne McQuay - Liverpool Biennial
13:00 13:45

Scarlet Page in conversation

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Polly Checkland Harding

Scarlet Page
16:45 17:30

Studios in the City

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Jessica Bennett - Paradise Works

Garth Gratrix, Director

Jude Wainwright

Daniel Pryde-Jarman - Artist/Curator
10:30 11:15

The Importance of Art when styling your Home - Arighi Bianchi

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11:30 12:15

Un(Defining) Queer

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Dominic Bilton - the Whitworth

MT Hutchinson - Writer & Curator

Sarah-Joy Ford - Independent Artist and Scholar