A series of Kashmir inspired paintings including new work by Raqib Shaw will be displayed at The Whitworth. The collection will include renaissance drawings, sculptures, textiles and limited-edition wallpaper. The exhibition will take the form of an installation,...
Home in the City, Bombay 1976 – Mumbai 2016 Sooni Taraporevala’s first UK solo exhibition has launched at The Whitworth in partnership with Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts. The photographer, screenwriter and filmmaker’s exhibit forms a part of the 2017 programme...
Solo exhibition of new work by artist and musician John Hyatt Home is set to host a major solo exhibition of new work by John Hyatt, the artist, music, author, scientist, explorer and one third of art rock band The Three Johns. Running from Saturday 4 February until...
Manchester Art Gallery is set to launch its new exhibition, Wynford Dewhurst: Manchester's Monet, the first retrospective of the English impressionist painter and art theorist since his death in 1941. The exhibition, which launches on 9 December 2016, running until...
Andy Warhol: Death, politics and selfies come to The Whitworth The Whitworth will draw on the Artist Rooms collection of international modern and contemporary art owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate to put together it's new exhibition - Artist Rooms: Andy...
If you haven’t seen Tibor Recih and Nico Vascellari’s exhibitions at Manchester’s Whitworth yet, time is quickly running out. Post-ward textile designer Tibor Reich’s exhibition runs until 28 August. The exhibition, honouring design heritage, evaluates the way in...
£100,000 funding to assist new commissions and exhibitions as part of UK-India year of culture Manchester City Galleries will receive £100,000 from Arts Council England to develop a series of new commissions, exhibitions and performances by Indian artists, known as...
Manchester Art Gallery has been shortlisted for the 2016 Family Friend Museum Award, the only award in Britain in which children and families are given the chance to vote for the shortlisted organisations. The Award, organised by Kids in Museums, is also the largest...
This June, the Whitworth, Manchester’s gallery in the park, hosts a warped weekend of art, music and the unexpected beneath the trees. Programmed by 15-25 year olds from across Greater Manchester, the festival celebrates the installation of a major new sculpture in...
Opening on 24 June 2016, Manchester Art Gallery will present a solo exhibition by Gabonese artist Boris Nzebo entitled Urban Style. Boris Nzebo’s work explores themes of modern urban life and reflects upon ideas of identity, depicting complex narratives from daily...
Manchester's The Whitworth is set to host Elizabeth Price Curates, an innovative exhibition of works by over 70 artists brought together by the Turner Prize winning artist. The exhibition, titled In A Dream You Saw A Way To Survive And You Were Full Of Joy, explores...
Manchester Art Gallery is set to present Vogue 100: A Centure of Style, an exhibition showcasing 280 modern and vintage prints, 100 years of cutting-edge fashion and portrait photography by British Vogue. The exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery will also include a...
From 24 June 2016 the Whitworth will unveil a new public sculpture by internationally acclaimed British artist Anya Gallaccio in Whitworth Park. In only the second permanent public sculpture of her career the artist will reimagine in steel a tree removed from the park...
Manchester’s newly reopened The Whitworth has announced its next major exhibition is set to be the first UK show from the renowned M+ Sigg Collection. The exhibition, Four Decades of Chinese Art, will bring together 80 significant works from leading contemporary...
A fascinating display of works by 30 Chinese artists is set to feature across Manchester from 27th September until 23rd November in response to the theme of 'conflict and compassion' examining the conflicts and harmony of China. The exhibition comes after three...