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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…

Barbara Brown

17 March 2017 - 15 March 2018
Barbara Brown was the golden girl of Heal Fabrics in the 1960s and early 1970s. Talent-spotted as a student, her designs for furnishing fabrics are some of the most striking and unusual…

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…

Contemporary Spanish Screen Media and Responses to Crisis and Aftermath

10:00 31 March - 15:30 1 April 2017
This conference will explore the diverse ways in which Spanish screen media has responded to the recent economic crisis. Since 2008, the economic context of precariousness and its…

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.…

Gender Identity

13:00 - 15:00 31 March 2017
Dr Simona Giordano will now be presenting on Friday 31st March (which was rescheduled) on 'Gender identity' issues in children, which will explore the ethics around gender re-assignment…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 31 March 2017
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

John Akomfrah

24 March - 23 July 2017
John Akomfrah's acclaimed video installation Vertigo Sea. Vertigo Sea, a three-screen film, first seen at the 56th Venice Biennale as part of Okwui Enwezor's All the World's Futures…

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…

New Sounds from Manchester

13:10 - 14:00 31 March 2017
New Sounds from Manchester was set up this year, performing new music by emerging composers and artists drawn from The University of Manchester’s Music Department. Featuring Professor…

Quatuor Danel with David Fanning (piano)

19:30 - 21:30 31 March 2017
The first of Beethoven’s three mid-period quartets for the Russian ambassador in Vienna, with a Russian folk-theme ingeniously worked into the finale; and the mightiest of Russian piano…

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…

The Meadow Story

10:30 - 11:30 31 March 2017
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

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…

Art Picnics - Easter school holidays: 1-8 April

12:00 1 - 14:00 8 April 2017
Art Picnics - Easter school holidays Saturdays, 1 and 8 April, 12pm-2pm Eat… Chat… Make…Together. Picnics with a difference… Bring your food, meet artists and new friends as we explore…

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

13:00 - 14:00 1 April 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…

The Tabley House Collection

13:00 1 April - 13:00 29 October 2017
As a university of Manchester country house collection, The Tabley House Collection showcases a permanent exhibition of early British modern masters alongside interchanging displays…

Friends of the Whitworth: Sunday Concerts - Prima Wind Quintet

15:00 - 15:45 2 April 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…

Black Holes Science Show!

3 - 17 April 2017
Bring all the family to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre this Easter and enjoy out new Science Show all about Black Holes! 3rd - 17th April (weekdays only, including Good Friday and Easter…

Easter Holiday Activities: Springtime Flowerpot Labels

11:00 3 - 16:00 14 April 2017
We're celebrating Springtime at Manchester Museum. Spring is here, flowers are blooming and it's time to welcome a variety of visitors back to our gardens, such as butterflies, bees,…

Make a Quasar! Drop in Activity

3 - 13 April 2017
Bring all the family to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre this Easter and join in with our fun drop-in activity: Make a Quasar! 3rd - 13th April weekdays only, 10:30 - 12:30 and 1:30 -…

Meet the Expert

3 - 13 April 2017
Bring all the family to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre this Easter and enjoy our popular Meet the Expert Q&A sessions. 3rd - 13th April weekdays only, 13:30 Here’s your chance to meet…

Spring Studio – Easter school holidays: 3-14 April

11:00 3 - 16:00 14 April 2017
Spring Studio – Easter school holidays Mondays – Fridays, 3-14 April. 11am-4pm Drop in In the spirit of our monthly Outdoor Art Club sessions, this Spring Studio brings art, nature…

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