Former Manchester United star Juan Mata will curate a world premiere art exhibition celebrating the beautiful game as part of this year's Manchester International Festival.
The Spanish professional footballer, who played for Manchester United between 2014 and 2022 before joining Turkish team Galatasaray last September, will co-curate the exhibition with Berlin-based artist Hans Ulrich Obrist. The announcement comes as part of Manchester International Festival's 2023 programme, which was revealed earlier today.
The festival, which will be back in the city between June 29 and July 16, also announced stars such as Janelle Monáe, Maxine Peake and Lemn Sissay to head up the biennial arts festival. People will also be able to step inside Manchester's £210m arts centre, Factory International, as it hosts some of the festival's events ahead of its official opening in October.
