Manchester Art Fair and The Manchester Contemporary have been awarded £50,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today.

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.

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