Exhibitions, Lecture

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.…

Beyond Dementia

28 July 2017 - 7 January 2018
Beyond Dementia Supporting active citizenship in those living with dementia 28 July – 7 January 2018 Beyond Dementia is a Collection Centre exhibition that explores the lived experience…

Cecily Brown: Shipwreck drawings

17 November 2017 - 15 April 2018
This is an exhibition of a extraordinary series of drawings by Cecily Brown, of wrecked ships and their passengers. Brown’s practice of painterly interrogation of an existing image,…

Celebrating Ganesha

2 September 2017 - 8 January 2018
Manchester Museum is delighted to host the beautiful stone sculpture of Ganesha. Celebrating Ganesha is touring across several venues around the UK as part of the British Museum’s Partnership…

CIDRAL Roundtable: Matt Houlbrook

17:00 - 19:00 4 December 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Date: 4 December 2017 Place: Samuel Alexander Building,…

CIDRAL Roundtable: Matt Houlbrook

17:00 - 19:00 4 December 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Date: 4 December 2017 Place: Samuel Alexander Building,…

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…

John Stezaker

1 December 2017 - 24 June 2018
Using vintage photographs, old film stills, postcards and book illustrations, John Stezaker makes collages that subvert their original imagery, creating unique and compelling works…

Maeve Brennan: The Drift

30 September 2017 - 1 February 2018
Maeve Brennan: The Drift 30 September 2017 – February 2018 The Drift, is a major new film commission by contemporary artist Maeve Brennan in her first institutional solo exhibition.…

Memories of Partition

15 August 2017 - 31 January 2018
Find out about the experiences and legacies of the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 through the memories of members of Manchester’s South Asian communities. The partition of…

Raqs Media Collective: Twilight Language

30 September 2017 - 25 February 2018
Raqs Media Collective: Twilight Language 30 September 2017 – 25 February 2018 The first major UK exhibition by Raqs Media Collective at the Whitworth and throughout Whitworth Park…

Reena Saini Kallat

10:00 30 September 2017 - 17:00 25 February 2018
Acclaimed artist Reena Saini Kallat has delved into Manchester Museum’s natural science and human culture collections for her solo exhibition. Her newly-commissioned sculpture Chorus…

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…

South Asian Modernists 1953-63

30 September 2017 - 15 April 2018
South Asian Modernists 1953-63 30 September – 15 April 2018 South Asian Modernists will explore the works of Pakistani and Indian artists who worked with Victor Musgrave between 1953-63.…

Steve McQueen: Ashes

22 September 2017 - 12 March 2018
Steve McQueen: Ashes 22 September 2017 – March 2019 Ashes (2002-2015), a double video projection, tells the story of a young Caribbean man known by this name. On one screen we see…

Dora Marsden Lecture: Professor Morag Shiach, 'Modernism, Meaning, and Magic: "Trying to Learn to Use Words"'

17:00 - 18:30 5 December 2017
The annual Dora Marsden Lecture will be given this year by Professor Morag Shiach. Her talk is entitled 'Modernism, Meaning, and Magic: "Trying to Learn to Use Words."' The event is…

Stories of Change: 70 Years of the NHS

10:00 - 16:00 6 December 2017
Stories of Change: 70 Years of the National Health Service is a one day pop up exhibition at Chetham's Library by students in the Centre of Museology, School of Arts, Languages and…

Christmas lecture Manchester Medieval Society: Gale Owen-Crocker '"Deck the hal"' Anglo-Saxon style'

18:00 7 December 2017
Christmas lecture: Gale Owen-Crocker '"Deck the hal"' Anglo-Saxon style'

CTIS Seminar: Siobhan Brownlie, "Tales of Travelling Memory, Transcreation and Politics"

14:00 - 15:30 7 December 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…

Linnean Society: Irene Manton Lecture 2017

16:00 - 18:00 7 December 2017
The University of Manchester in collaboration with The Linnean Society and Manchester Museum will host the 2017 Irene Manton lecture to celebrate the significant contribution made by…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Peter Marx: 'Cartographing the “long” 19th century: between innovation and residues'

18:00 - 20:00 12 December 2017
This event is part of CIDRAL's programme for the 2017/18 academic year, 'Constraints of Creativity'. Peter Marx (Professor of Theatre and Media Studies, University of Cologne) will…

GDI Lecture: Dr Irene Guijt on Evidence for Influencing: Balancing research integrity and campaign strategy in Oxfam

17:00 - 18:30 13 December 2017
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Dr Irene Guijt, Oxfam, to discuss "Evidence for Influencing: Balancing research integrity and campaign strategy…

Lives of Letters Network: Private and Public Letters

17:00 - 18:30 14 December 2017
The Lives and Afterlives of Letters Network is a newly established, interdisciplinary network which draws together academics and library professionals working on the study and curation…

Brexit and Citizens Rights Settled Status and Alternative Proposals

18:30 - 20:30 18 December 2017
DESCRIPTION Jointly organised by Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE), INCA UK, an Italian welfare advice centre (supported by the charity ITACA) and 'The3million' (t3m),…

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