Graffiti artist paints mural tribute to late singer in Hulme
French-born Graffiti Artist Akse P19 has painted a mural in tribute of late Mancunian singer Denise Johnson in Hulme. Denise,
French-born Graffiti Artist Akse P19 has painted a mural in tribute of late Mancunian singer Denise Johnson in Hulme. Denise,
When Jackson Yamba and his family made their way from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo for Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997, it was the start of a long and eventful journey that would eventually lead him to Salford where in 2019 he was sadly the target of racist abuse on his door.
The timeworn buildings in this cultured corner of Manchester might not be making way for glossy new-builds, but they are regularly revamped in their own Northern Quarter-style way.
Top street artists behind some of Manchester’s most recognised graffiti will compete in public for the first time ever at this year’s underground art battle event, which is set to really ‘raise the bar’.
MM caught up with Mancsy to discuss his work around the city, his experience as a street artist and a descendent of Bristol’s Banksy, and how the face of graffiti is changing.
Mystery Mancunian artist Mancsy – a Northern take on the internationally celebrated satirical street painter Banksy – has announced his biggest ever exhibition at Trafford’s Victoria Warehouse.
Manchester councillor Kevin Peel has been accused of lying in his apology to Queerchester – after ‘mistaking’ a graffiti style art piece of drag queen Foo Foo Lammar for notorious child killer Myra Hindley.
The image of Foo Foo, the legendary Manchester drag queen who had an illustrious career in the city, is part of the new Queerchester mural in the gay village
Jewish communities across Greater Manchester will receive better protection and more police patrols during an upcoming series of religious holidays.
One of the Gay Village’s largest walls is being used as a blank canvas in an LGBT street art competition – and the winner will be revealed on Sunday.
An emergency public meeting called in response to the gang rampage that rocked the Ancoats area has left residents ‘feeling safer’, claims a councillor.
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