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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…

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…

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.…

English Lute Songs from the Golden Age featuring internationally acclaimed soprano Dame Emma Kirkby

19:30 - 21:00 4 March 2017
A programme drawn from the songbooks of John Dowland, John Danyel and their contemporaries, performed by three world-leading exponents of the repertory, Dame Emma Kirkby, John Bryan,…

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 4 March 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…

MANTIS Festival

18:00 - 19:30 4 March 2017
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music. Local and guest composers will present their work using the large-scale MANTIS sound diffusion…

MANTIS Festival

20:00 - 21:00 4 March 2017
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music. Local and guest composers will present their work using the large-scale MANTIS sound diffusion system…

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,…

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…

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 - Harp Duo

15:00 - 15:45 5 March 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…

MANTIS Festival

14:00 - 15:30 5 March 2017
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music. Local and guest composers will present their work using the large-scale MANTIS sound diffusion system…

Enriqueta Rylands: behind every man is a great woman

14:00 - 15:00 6 March 2017
Combining form and function, Enriqueta Rylands established a world-class library with an inspiring atmosphere. Join us as we journey through the building to discuss Enriqueta's life…

Literature Live: Beth Underdown and Kate Hamer

19:30 - 21:00 6 March 2017
Beth Underdown was born in Rochdale in 1987. Her debut novel, The Witchfinder's Sister, is based on the witch-hunts orchestrated by Matthew Hopkins in seventeenth century Essex, and…

Quine and Naturalism

13:30 6 - 16:00 7 March 2017
*PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF VENUE. Now G.030/31, Arthur Lewis Building.* A two-day workshop organised by the Forum for Quine and the History of Analytic Philosophy, funded by the Royal…

Rethinking the University, the Triple Helix, and Regional Innovation

15:30 - 17:30 6 March 2017
The last two decades has seen growth in “triple helix” interactions between universities, business, and government to foster regional innovation. Now, university roles are extending…

Short Course: Introduction to Data Analysis 1 (introductory)

6 March 2017
This course provides an introduction to the theory and methods of quantitative data analysis, focussing on the social survey. It has an emphasis on hands-on learning, with a series…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Monday 6th March 2017 - Speaker : Matti Eräsaari - The University Of Manchester And The University Of Helsinki

16:00 - 18:00 6 March 2017
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 6th March 2017 Matti Eräsaari - The University Of Manchester And The University Of Helsinki Between Boredom and Wasting Time: An Alternate…

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