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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…

Big Saturday: Amazing Animals

11:00 - 16:00 18 February 2017
Come along to the Museum's Amazing Animals Big Saturday and discover some amazing facts about animals. Find out more about how animals survive winter and see our 'Extinction/Survival?'…

Children's Lives in Wartime Japan

1 February - 31 March 2017
This exhibition displays 50 entries from picture diaries made by Japanese primary school children in 1944-1945. It gives a vivid insight into the school lives of Japanese children…

Costume corner

18 - 26 February 2017
Pop in to our pop up photo booth! Strike a pose for a picture or a selfie using the props to create a cunning disguise to fool your friends and family. Ask staff to point you in the right direction.

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.…

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…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 18 February 2017
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

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…

MUMS Chamber Orchestra

19:30 - 21:00 18 February 2017
MUMS Chamber Orchestra returns with a delightful programme of wonderful music. From Baroque suites to a 21st Century new work, this concert has a wonderful range of music in store!…

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…

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…

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,…

Whitworth Young Contemporaries: And Now We Are Plastic

27 January - 2 April 2017
As technology helps us to constantly evolve, the boundaries between our physical and digital spaces are blending, yet our ability to adapt and change remains visible in our art, marking…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Gaskell String Quartet

15:00 - 15:45 19 February 2017
Friends of the Whitworth present a series of free Sunday Concerts that are open to all. At 3pm on selected Sunday afternoons, students from the Royal Northern College of Music perform…

Half term activities Paper Puppets

10:00 20 - 16:00 24 February 2017
Make paper puppets inspired by the animals you see in the Museum's 'Extinction/Survival?' exhibition. Free, drop in, families

Jeanette Winterson “In Conversation” with Val McDermid

19:30 - 21:00 20 February 2017
Val McDermid is one of the biggest names in crime writing. Her novels have been translated into 30 languages, sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Val has created many notable characters…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday, 20th February 2017 - Dr Erik Bähre – University of Leiden

16:00 - 18:00 20 February 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 20th February 2017 Dr Erik Bähre – University of Leiden Precarious Categories: Race and Risk in South Africa's Insurance Market One of the…

Warhol Winter Studio: Family Friendly half term 20-24 February

11:00 20 - 15:00 24 February 2017
Warhol Winter Studio Join us for this half term, 20-24 February, for a FREE hands-on workshop that explores your identity through portraiture. Just drop in, 11am to 3pm. Get inspired…

Webinar: Flexible individual-level data from the Census: Census microdata and longitudinal studies

15:00 - 16:00 20 February 2017
Conventional census outputs take the form of counts of persons, households or other units with particular characteristics. Census microdata, on the other hand, is a flexible form of…

Words, words, words! The power of print demonstration

14:30 - 14:50 20 February 2017
Watch our Columbian Printing Press come to life. Heralded as one of man's greatest inventions discover the impact the printing press had in Shakespeare’s day. No need to book, just turn up.

CIDRAL Film Screening and Q&A: Larissa Sansour and Soren Lind: In the Future, they Ate from the Finest Porcelain

12:30 - 14:15 21 February 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's Spring 2017 programme 'Precarity'. Larissa Sansour and Soren Lind will be presenting their latest (2016) film In the Future, they Ate from the Finest…

Curator's corner - Shakespeare: International man of mystery

11:30 - 11:45 21 February 2017
This is a great opportunity to hear one of our curators present a bitesize introduction to the Grafton portrait and its mysterious sitter. We’ll explore the science and thinking that…

Philosophy Research Seminar - Lea-Cecile Salje (Leeds)

15:00 - 17:00 21 February 2017
Title *Memory and Me Abstract *Let’s say that the following is a conceptual possibility: an advanced team of neuroscientists succeed in identifying and removing the parts of your brain…

Sitting pretty: create your own mini portrait

14:00 - 16:00 21 February 2017
Portraits are fascinating way of understanding how people see themselves and the Library is full of them. Join in our workshop and take home your own portable portrait. Ask someone…

Tuesday Talks: Pauline Yao

12:30 - 14:00 21 February 2017
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The Whitworth 12.30-2.00pm,…

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