Exhibitions, Lecture

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…

CTIS Seminar: Loredana Polezzi, "Monolingual Performances and Multilingual Selves: Rethinking the translation continuum"

14:00 - 15:30 2 March 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.…

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…

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…

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,…

The Ferguson Lecture 2017: A Wisdom of Surprise - Thought, Action, and Amazement at God

16:00 - 18:00 2 March 2017
2017 Samuel Ferguson lecturer: Prof. David Ford (University of Cambridge) Please consider yourself warmly invited to attend the 2017 Ferguson Lecture to be held in the Department of…

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…

Energy installations at sea

12:00 - 14:00 3 March 2017
Manchester International Law Centre is proud to welcome Professor Maria Gavouneli (University of Athens), who will deliver a lecture on energy installations at sea. Professor Gavouneli…

Sooni Taraporevala: Home in the City, Bombay 1976-Mumbai 2016

4 March 2017 - 1 January 2018
The first UK solo exhibition of photographer Sooni Taraporevala. Photographer, screenwriter, filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala will present a series of black and white photographs depicting…

Art History Seminar: Rebecca Wade - The Making (and Remaking) of Leeds Art Gallery

16:30 - 19:00 7 March 2017
Rebecca Wade (Henry Moore Institute) will be speaking on "The Making (and Remaking) of Leeds Art Gallery: A Civic Collection in Context"

Revisiting the new international economic order

17:30 - 20:30 7 March 2017
We are pleased to announce the first Gillian White Lecture, entitled 'Revisiting the new international economic order: On law, development and economic process'. Professor Gillian…

EAC Department Seminar Series: James Riley (CAMBRIDGE), "Of Unknown Origin: William Burroughs and Electronic Voice Phenomena"

17:00 - 18:30 8 March 2017
James Riley (CAMBRIDGE), "Of Unknown Origin: William Burroughs and Electronic Voice Phenomena"

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