The Whitworth Art Gallery is launching a new exhibition, Art_Textiles, celebrating the unique relationship between fine art and the Whitworth’s internationally significant textiles collection. Exploring the ambivalent status of textiles as an art medium, the exhibition will look at how textiles are playing an increasingly central role in contemporary art practice, and how artists have…
MOSI is set to host an adults only evening of sensory perception and foodie fun at their Cravings Late night on Wednesday 28 October. The evening will celebrate the launch of the Museum of Science and Industry’s new food meets science exhibition Cravings: Does Your Food Control You. Opening at the Museum of Science and…
A new exhibition of Schiaparelli and Thirties Fashion opens tomorrow, 8 October at the Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall. The exhibition will show 25 pieces, exploring the fashion of the 1930’s and highlighting the work of Elsa Schiaparelli, the most significant female couturier of the period. Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) is celebrated for her creativity both…
Exhibitions Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed A ground-breaking exhibition of over 60 animal mummies showing how modern science can help explain this ancient practice. Mummies of jackals, crocodiles, cats and birds are displayed alongside artefacts, art and never-seen-before archives documenting their history through the stories of the people who have investigated what lies…
During the 1940’s, Maude was the most famous animal at Manchester’s Belle Vue Zoo. Born to a male Manchurian Tiger and an African Lioness (hence the name Tigon), Maude was one of two Tigon offspring born in Dresden Zoo in 1932. Maude, the female cub, also had a male sibling, Kilou. In 1936, Gerald Iles,…
Home has announced that it is to host an exhibition of new commissions and existing works inspired by the movie Safe. Set in 1987, Safe stars Julianne Moore as Carol White, a housewife in the San Fernando Valley, and explores her slow decline as she becomes increasingly allergic to everyday domestic products and routine activities,…
August is set to be a busy month at MOSI with something for pretty much everyone – from computers to cranes, textiles to microscopes and engines to Devil-Holes. We take a look at what’s on: PLAY it! Manchester CLOSES 9 August From £4 per person – admission fee required for all entrants 90 minute timed…
In addition to Manchester Museum’s array of treasures including a T.Rex, fossils, ancient Egyptian artefacts, amphibians and reptiles, there are a number of free exhibitions running and coming up in August: Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies 14 February 2015-September 2015 Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of Africa’s…
Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry is set to host its first ever gaming event, featuring some of the most popular video games and systems of the last 30 years. PLAY it! Manchester is set to run from Saturday 25 July to Sunday 9 August and is presented in partnership with leading games specialists Replay…
The Whitworth has been shortlisted for the UK’s most prestigious architecture prize, the RIBA Stirling Prize. The news comes following its ambitious £15 million redevelopment of the 126 year-old Whitworth before reopening on 14 February, since when over 230,000 have visited the gallery, breaking all previous annual records. The shortlisting acknowledges the work carried out…
