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Art History Seminar - Nic Cullinan (National Portrait Gallery)

17:30 - 19:00 23 February 2017
Nic Cullinan, National Portrait Gallery (Whitworth Teaching Suite, 5.30-7pm)

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…

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.

CTIS Seminar: Frank Austermühl, "Don't Mind the Gap: Using Technology to Empower English L2 Translators"

14:00 - 15:30 23 February 2017
The Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies seminar series brings researchers from across the UK and Europe to the University of Manchester to present on their work. These…

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.…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Andrew T. Lincoln (Gloucestershire), 'The Reception of Jesus in John'

14:00 - 16:00 23 February 2017
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public, with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute…

From Malacca to Manchester: Curating Islamic Collections Worldwide

23 - 24 February 2017
This conference will explore and appraise current and developing practices in the curating of museum collections of Islamic art and material culture around the world, in Europe and…

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

Heather Battey (Imperial College London)

16:15 - 17:45 23 February 2017
Title: Exploring and exploiting new structured classes of covariance and inverse covariance matrices Abstract: Estimation of covariance and inverse covariance (precision) matrices…

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…

Jabs for the Nation: Public Health and the Politics of Mass Immunization in Twentieth-Century China

18:00 23 February 2017
The Second World War made vaccination a cornerstone of public health in China. When Japan invaded eastern China in 1937, the Nationalist government moved its wartime capital to Chongqing,…

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…

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…

Piano Recital by Nicolas Hodges

13:10 - 14:00 23 February 2017
Nicolas Hodges is an English pianist and composer, specialising in avant-garde music. An active repertoire, that encompasses such composers as Beethoven, Berg, Brahms, Debussy, Schubert…

Plutarch and Roman exemplary ethics

16:55 - 18:30 23 February 2017
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Portraits late

18:00 - 20:00 23 February 2017
Try your hand at portrait drawing against the beautiful backdrop of our Historic Reading Room. No experience necessary in this artist-led session. This session is suitable for adults,…

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,…

Short Course: Structural Equation Modelling using Mplus (intermediate)

22 - 24 February 2017
Structural Equation Models (SEM) amalgamate regression analysis, path/mediation analysis and factor analysis, allowing for more richly detailed statistical models to be specified and…

The science of art: revealing the secrets of the past

14:00 - 15:00 23 February 2017
Discover how art and science meet in the Library. Find out more about the work of the Library’s imaging team. Using cutting edge imaging techniques the team reveal what lies beneath…

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…

Whitworth Studies - Dr Nicholas Cullinan: Directing the National

18:30 - 20:00 23 February 2017
Join us for a special evening with Dr Nicholas Cullinan to hear about his experiences as Director of the National Portrait Gallery. This talk is part of our free Whitworth Studies Programme…

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…

Words, words, words! The power of print demonstration

11:30 - 11:50 23 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.

Words, words, words! The power of print demonstration

14:30 - 14:50 23 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.

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