Four works of contemporary art with a combined value of £6,875 have been gifted to Manchester Art Gallery for the third year by The Manchester Contemporary Art Fund.

Work by world famous names including Andy Warhol, Banksy and Damien Hirst will be available alongside pieces by the very best Northern talent, at the twelfth edition of Aviva Investors Manchester Art Fair, on this weekend at Manchester Central.

This year, The Manchester Contemporary has achieved a majority of female-led galleries and collectives for the first time.

One of the UK’s most ambitious art fairs, Aviva Investors Manchester Art Fair, returns to Manchester Central on 11-13 October and has more reasons than ever for people to visit and purchase work from the fair.

It can be hard to know where to start, or what not to miss, which is why we’ve put together this list of five cool buys at Manchester Art Fair and Manchester Contemporary.

When Manchester Art Fair launched in 2008, the city centre contained barely three commercial galleries, a decade later, the scene is thriving and we’re rapidly becoming a city of art lovers. Manchester Art Fair has undoubtedly played a large part in the shift.

By the time the next Aviva Investor’s Manchester Art Fair takes place in October The Manchester Contemporary Art Fund will have one of the largest art acquisition funds in the country

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