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Exhibit lets visitors walk through Lowry painting

The immersive show also highlights little-noticed details in Going to the Match

An art gallery that bought L. S. Lowry's iconic Going to the Match painting for £7.8m is letting visitors experience the artwork in a new immersive show.

It is part of displays to mark 25 years since the opening of Salford arts venue The Lowry in 2000.

Chief executive Julia Fawcett says the projection, which opens for free on Saturday, allows visitors to see "the little details" they had not noticed before.

She says the artwork, painted in 1953, resonates with "people who love football, who love the idea of crowds coming together and enjoying that sense of community".

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