Exhibitions, Literature Live

Climate Control

11 May - 18 September 2016
We hear about climate change on the news and in the newspapers. Climate change is happening all around us, but this isn’t the time to ignore it, it’s the time to get really, really,…

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…

Test event

09:00 - 14:30 4 September 2016
Test event

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…

Off Beat: Jeff Nuttall and the International Underground

8 September 2016 - 5 March 2017
Painter, poet, actor and sculptor, a man once described as "the only all-round genius most of us are likely to meet," Jeff Nuttall was one of the few people in the early 1960s to publish…

Tale of 2 Cities Exhibition

10:00 10 - 17:00 16 September 2016
Tale of Two Cities is England's Grow Wild Flagship project based in Manchester and Liverpool. Community, innovation and inspiration are is at the heart of this project. Come and visit…

Capturing Science: Images Past and Present

22 September 2016 - 29 January 2017
A picture is worth a thousand words and captures a moment in time. Manchester is European City of Science throughout 2016 and to celebrate this, we are sharing a selection of our science…

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…

Lived Brutalism: Portraits at Robin Hood Gardens

3 - 21 October 2016
OPENING NIGHT: Tuesday 4 October, 7pm – 9pm. With a talk by Architects for Social Housing on estate demolition and strategies to resist it, and an introduction to the exhibition by…

Literature Live: Beverley Bie Brahic, Jeffrey Wainwright & Matthew Welton

19:30 - 20:45 10 October 2016
Three gifted poets come together to read from eagerly-awaited new collections. Matthew Welton lectures in writing at The University of Nottingham. His debut, The Book of Matthew, won…

Guardian Live: Jeanette Winterson “In Conversation” with Jonathan Safran Foer

18:30 - 20:00 11 October 2016
What keeps a family together – and what can tear it apart? In literary wunderkind Jonathan Safran Foer’s long-awaited new novel, Here I Am, the Blochs face trying times. They’re supposed…

Castlefield Manchester Sermon: Kamila Shamsie

19:00 - 20:30 14 October 2016
We are delighted that Kamila Shamsie will be giving the 7th Castlefield Manchester Sermon, reflecting on ethical issues of the day. One of our finest contemporary writers, Kamila grew…

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…

Imagining Medicine

14 October - 22 December 2016
Hammers, vacuum cleaners and duck beaks: see how 16th and 17th century surgical procedures have been reimagined through the photography of Dr Sian Bonnell. Bonnell's photographs take…

Anne Enright

19:00 - 20:30 17 October 2016
Anne Enright is one of the leading novelists at work today. Born in Dublin, her novels include What are You Like?, The Forgotten Waltz and The Gathering (winner of the Man Booker Prize…

Eimear McBride The Lesser Bohemians

19:30 - 21:00 20 October 2016
Join us for an evening with brilliant young Irish novelist Eimear McBride. Described by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘a writer of remarkable power and originality,’ Eimear’s astonishing…

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…

Literature Live: Michael Longley

19:30 - 20:45 7 November 2016
Michael Longley (b. 1939, Belfast) is one of the greatest living English-language poets. His work has received the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, the T.S. Eliot Prize and the Wilfred Owen…

Candid conversations about radicalisation

10:00 - 18:00 8 November 2016
“Candid Conversations about Radicalisation” is an arts-based research project run jointly by The Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice (CCCJ) and Theatre in Prison and Probation…

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…

Wolfram Mathematica Roadshow

10:00 - 16:00 22 November 2016
Mathematica is a powerful platform for technical computing, allowing users to solve mathematics problems as the name suggests. However, it also allows users to perform Data Analytics,…

14th Annual Rylands Poetry Reading: Bill Manhire

18:00 - 19:00 24 November 2016
Join us for an evening of poetry at The John Rylands Library. This year's Rylands Poetry Reading will be given by Bill Manhire. Bill Manhire (b. Invercargill, NZ, 1946) was his country's…

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.…

Here Is My Face: Autobiographical Portraits on HIV

18:00 2 - 15:00 4 December 2016
Anthropology, Media and Performance (AMP) PhD student Angelica Cabezas is presenting one of the practical components of her doctoral work at the Drama and Anthropology Subject Areas,…

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