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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…

Beyond Borders

20 May 2017 - 3 June 2018
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging.…

Cornelia Parker: Verso

16 June - 5 November 2017
Cornelia Parker: Verso 16 June - 5 November 2017 Cornelia Parker has always been attracted to the backs and undersides of things. While the front presents a conscious and recognisable…

Cozens and Cozens

16 June 2017 - 24 June 2018
Father and son, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, were influential watercolour painters of the 18th century. Alexander was a drawing master who dedicated his career to teaching young…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 22 April - 17:00 31 December 2017
Are you hungry to get creative with your family? Pick up an Art Hamper, free and available any time during gallery opening hours. Our Art Hampers are filled with materials for you…

Home Is…

12:00 19 - 12:00 23 June 2017
What does it mean to be “home”? An exhibition with an interactive and homely layout that discusses the ideas of what it means to be at home and to lose such security, as well as moving…

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…

Lucienne Day

14 April - 16 July 2017
We are delighted to be celebrating the centenary year of one of Britain’s most influential 20th century designers. Best-known for her textiles, Lucienne Day (1917 – 2010) is recognised…

Manchester Innovation Forum: Industrial Innovation in Transition

16:00 - 18:00 19 June 2017
Join The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research for the sixth Manchester Innovation Forum on Monday 19 June at 4pm at Elliot House…

Migration and the Modern City: Four Short Films

14:00 - 16:00 19 June 2017
Michael Wood, the University of Manchester's Professor of Public History, will introduce the first public screening of four short documentary films made by MA students from the University's…

Refugee Week at Manchester Museum: All for One

10:00 19 - 17:00 25 June 2017
During Refugee Week we will be displaying work created by young refugees working with GMIAU: http://gmiau.org/ in our study space. Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) is…

Refugee Week at Manchester Museum:Rethink Rebuild Society & Stephanie Gervais, Memories of Syria films

10:00 19 - 17:00 25 June 2017
Memories of Syria is a new project in the works by Rethink Rebuild Society in collaboration with the artist Stephanie Gervais. In this series of videos, Syrian refugees in Manchester…

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 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…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

10:30 - 11:15 20 June 2017
Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported by a range of playful sensory resources for babies to explore. Sessions…

Baby Explorer interactive story and sensory play sessions

11:30 - 12:15 20 June 2017
Baby Explorers is an interactive story and sensory play session. Our specially devised stories, inspired by our collections, include music, songs, props and real objects, supported…

CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Generations and attitudes to immigration in Western Europe

16:00 - 17:30 20 June 2017
Abstract: Immigration is an increasingly politicized issue across Western European countries. While theories of modernization would suggest that individuals, and particularly those…

Cyber and you - a true story: come hear it

12:30 - 13:30 20 June 2017
Do you feel cyber safe? A number of recent news stories have highlighted cases of criminals using email hacking and ransomware to access accounts belonging to Hilary Clinton and David…

Do Standards in Global Value Chains Support or Undermine the Sustainable Development Goals? with Professor Raphael Kaplinsky

16:00 - 17:30 20 June 2017
Do Standards in Global Value Chains Support or Undermine the Sustainable Development Goals? with Professor Raphael Kaplinsky Standards matter to global trade. But they can play a dual…

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