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On 3 October 1985, Cornerhouse opened Human Interest: 50 Years of British Art about People, its first exhibition, curated by Norbert Lynton. Since then, the Cornerhouse galleries have hosted 248 exhibitions featuring over 2,000 of the world's most evocative and important artists. Alan Ward the designer of 20: Twenty (3 October - 6 November 2005) an exhibition and timeline celebrating the Cornerhouse exhibitions history brought his intuitive design and understanding of Manchester s art community together in this publication. In addition to the exhibition history, the publication includes The 10 Point Plan for a Better Cornerhouse, a project initiated by International 3, Manchester s independent gallery space, which brings the views and ideas from the current cultural community into discussion. An edited history of shows and projects in the Cornerhouse cafe/bar highlights activity in the social spaces of the building. A limited edition, Japanese bound book, this is a collector s item that documents the significant contribution Cornerhouse has made to the development of contemporary art internationally, in the UK and especially in the North West.

Morality plays were the main form of theatre in England between about 1400 and 1600. They usually portrayed a representative Christian figure locked in spiritual conflict. They have recently been revived as early examples of living theatre.

On 3 October 1985, Cornerhouse opened Human Interest: 50 Years of British Art about People, its first exhibition, curated by Norbert Lynton. Since then, the Cornerhouse galleries have hosted 248 exhibitions featuring over 2,000 of the world's most evocative and important artists. Alan Ward the designer of 20: Twenty (3 October - 6 November 2005) an exhibition and timeline celebrating the Cornerhouse exhibitions history brought his intuitive design and understanding of Manchester s art community together in this publication. In addition to the exhibition history, the publication includes The 10 Point Plan for a Better Cornerhouse, a project initiated by International 3, Manchester s independent gallery space, which brings the views and ideas from the current cultural community into discussion. An edited history of shows and projects in the Cornerhouse cafe/bar highlights activity in the social spaces of the building. A limited edition, Japanese bound book, this is a collector s item that documents the significant contribution Cornerhouse has made to the development of contemporary art internationally, in the UK and especially in the North West.

Morality plays were the main form of theatre in England between about 1400 and 1600. They usually portrayed a representative Christian figure locked in spiritual conflict. They have recently been revived as early examples of living theatre.

Established in 1949, this annual show has been dedicated to profiling the work of emerging artists at the start of their professional careers.

Do Not Refreeze charts a lost chapter in the history of European photography. These photographers developed their practice in the former East Germany negotiating its omnipresent secret police to create imagery, increasingly compared to that of luminaries such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus and Robert Frank. The stunning images convey a glimpse of day-to-day life and evoke the claustrophobia, rage, envy and ideological pomp of the Communist era as well as its unexpected personal warmth, tenderness and exoticism. Had they been painters, sculptors, authors or playwrights, these photographers would have been arrested or imprisoned. Because photography was not considered to be art however, they were able to circumnavigate a rigid system of censorship to produce the most insightful and openly critical visual arts output in East Germany s 40-year history. Published by Cornerhouse in association with the University of Hertfordshire.

Exhibition organised by Cornerhouse, Manchester : 18 january-23 march 1997