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Art

Love Will Draw Us to Art

Art Battles have been raging since 2013 and the 20th event of the series is coming soon. Here's what to expect.

Lamptissue Can I park here?

Colourful & quirky illustrator brings news from the south - and a shiny new website.

Stanley Chow The Journey So Far

The creator of countless popular culture portraits, Stanley Chow talks about his working life in Manchester, and some of his of career achievements to date.

Jimmy Cauty Dancing About Architecture

In Sheffield until 28 August, ESTATE is a "dystopian model village experience" with each room "painstakingly vandalised." Will Gimpertz tracked down the man behind the mystery – The KLF's Jimmy Cauty – for this exclusive interview with Now Then.

Christy Hunter Everyday Street

Now Then chats to Christy Hunter―a street photographer whose candid shots capture the fleeting intimacies of everyday life in Manchester.

Jack Donaldson Funny Bones

Sheffield-based illustrator with a penchant for all things skeletal gives us an insight into his creative process.

Anis Tabaraee Persian surrealism

Illustrator steps into the world of surrealism with a focus on "one of the fundamental characters in Persian painting" - the horse.