The Whitworth

Circuit WARP Festival After Party

21:00 25 - 00:00 26 June 2016
Hosted by the Whitworth Young Contemporaries - FREE - Booking essential Help us celebrate WARP Festival in style by dancing the night away. Doors 9-12pm Featuring: Music from So…

New Arrivals

12 March - 20 November 2016
This exhibition brings together a selection of works that have recently been brought into the Whitworth’s collection. Highlighting a contemporary and diverse approach to drawing, they…

Nico Vascellari

25 February - 18 September 2016
Nico Vascellari’s major work, Bus de la Lum draws on the ancient powers of the forest. Light, video and sound explore the legend of a natural cavity located within the woodland of the…

Tibor Reich

29 January - 29 August 2016
A celebration of post-war design alongside an exhibition of Wallpaper from the Whitworth's collection

Wallpaper

29 January - 4 September 2016
Continuing the celebration of post-war design this show features highlights from the Whitworth’s collection of 1950s and 60s wallpapers. At the heart of the exhibition are papers from…

Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 16:00 3 July 2016
Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts Students from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester perform in the Grand Hall. Friends of the Whitworth present a series…

Mondays: Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth

10:30 18 July - 12:30 19 December 2016
Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth. Try these workshops – led by artists, dancers and musicians – and let your toddler discover, explore, create and play. Each Monday:…

Family holidays at the Whitworth: Summer Studio

11:00 22 July - 14:00 2 September 2016
Explore, play and create together with your family this summer holiday at our Summer Studio. Have a go at hands-on creative activities with local artists inspired by three artists from…

Summer at the Whitworth: Work in Progress

4 - 31 August 2016
Work in Progress This summer holiday come to see Work in Progress, a series of artist residencies all August at the Whitworth. Meet artists from both the UK and India as they explore…

Thursday Lates: Elizabeth Price in conversation

19:00 - 20:30 18 August 2016
FREE, Booking essential. Tickets will be available on Wednesday 27 July, 10am – via this link: http://bit.ly/2acin12 This event will start promptly at 7pm, latecomers may not be…

Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael

30 September 2016 - 23 April 2017
This exhibition features the work of one of the radical originators and innovators of the European tradition of printmaking, Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-c. 1534). Marcantonio was…

Great Escape: Movement

14:00 - 16:00 6 October 2016
Forget what you think you know about dance and imagine feeling free enough to respond to ideas and artworks using movement. These workshops are about being relaxed, playful, open and…

Idris Khan

14 October 2016 - 13 March 2017
British contemporary artist Idris Khan's new solo exhibition. Idris Khan draws inspiration from the history of art, music, philosophy and theology, laying and manipulating images and…

NEW SCULPTURE

22 October 2016 - 12 June 2017
This exhibition presents a dynamic selection of contemporary sculpture recently acquired by the Whitworth. Spanning the last 25 years, the exhibition offers an eclectic journey through…

Edmund de Waal : The Annual Pilkington Lecture

18:00 - 20:00 10 November 2016
Edmund de Waal: The Annual Pilkington Lecture Thursday 10 November, 6.30pm (Wine reception, 6pm) ‘Give it shadow enough: Art and memory’ Edmund de Waal is an artist and writer.…

ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol

19 November 2016 - 16 April 2017
ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol shows the sharp critical opinions of an artist known to many primarily as art salesman, purveyor of product and celebrant of capitalism. Supported by Arts…

Deanna Petherbridge

2 December 2016 - 4 June 2017
A solo show of pen and ink drawings from across a 45-year career. Since the 1960s, Deanna Petherbridge has pioneered critical thinking on drawing and its place in art and architecture.…

Winter Studio at the Whitworth

11:00 - 16:00 27 December 2016
Discover play and make together with your family this winter. Join us for throughout the winter holidays for creative play inspired by our collections

Winter Studio at the Whitworth

11:00 28 December 2016
Discover play and make together with your family this winter. Join us for throughout the winter holidays for creative play inspired by our collections

Winter Studio at the Whitworth

11:00 29 - 11:00 30 December 2016
Discover play and make together with your family this winter. Join us for throughout the winter holidays for creative play inspired by our collections

Revolutionary Textiles 1910-1939

2 January - 23 April 2017
In the early decades of the 20th century textile design took off in new directions throughout the Western world. Invigorated by experimental techniques, art styles such as Fauvism,…

Winter Studio at the Whitworth

11:00 - 16:00 2 January 2017
Discover play and make together with your family this winter. Join us for throughout the winter holidays for creative play inspired by our collections

Winter Studio at the Whitworth

11:00 - 16:00 3 January 2017
Discover play and make together with your family this winter. Join us for throughout the winter holidays for creative play inspired by our collections

Winter Studio at the Whitworth

11:00 - 16:00 4 January 2017
Discover play and make together with your family this winter. Join us for throughout the winter holidays for creative play inspired by our collections

Winter Studio at the Whitworth

11:00 - 16:00 5 January 2017
Discover play and make together with your family this winter. Join us for throughout the winter holidays for creative play inspired by our collections

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