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Age Friendly: Handmade

14:00 12 January - 16:00 13 July 2018
Sociable craft workshops, produced by and for older people in partnership with Age Friendly Manchester Fridays (Except during school holidays), 2pm - 4pm. Booking essential. Free …

Age Friendly: Processions Project

10:00 8 May - 14:00 10 June 2018
The Whitworth has been chosen as a partner in this national project to celebrate 100 years of SOME women getting the vote. As part of this national project we are running a series…

Alison Wilding

16 February - 12 August 2018
Turner Prize nominee and Royal Academician Alison Wilding presents works spanning the past 20 years of her career. This new show at the Whitworth will comprise of three major sculptures,…

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.…

Bodies of Colour: Breaking With Stereotypes in the Wallpaper Collection

4 May 2018 - 28 April 2019
This latest exhibition uses the Whitworth’s extensive and significant wallpaper collection to focus on how Imperial attitudes to people are reflected in wallpaper. The wallpapers in…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Andrew McGettigan: 'The politics & policy of English HE in 2018: why is another review under way?'

17:30 - 19:30 24 May 2018
This event is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity. In this talk, Andrew McGettigan (University of the Arts London), author of The Great University Gamble:…

CoDE Seminar- Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life, Marcus Hunter and Zandria Robinson

13:00 - 15:00 24 May 2018
Join us for this event, which is part of the CoDE Seminar Series. We will be joined by Professor Marcus Hunter from the department of African American Studies at UCLA and Professor…

Confucius Institute Talk: White-collar Beauties: Gender, Sexuality and Power in Urban China

13:00 - 14:00 24 May 2018
This talk is about the experiences of highly educated young professional women, hailed by the Chinese media as ‘white-collar beauties’. It exposes the organizational mechanisms – naturalization,…

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…

English Corner

10:30 6 October 2017 - 12:00 31 May 2019
Fourth Friday of each month 10.30am–12pm Monthly conversation classes for people who are learning to speak English. Free, no need to book

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

In the Land

27 January - 4 November 2018
Rethinking the form, texture and space of the natural landscape. This exhibition looks back at a period of intense experimentation in British painting and sculpture where artists,…

Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves

30 March - 28 August 2018
Ten Thousand Waves is the most recent in a series of major moving image acquisitions by the Whitworth and was supported through Art Fund’s Moving Image Fund. Rooted in the Morecambe…

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…

Launch of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies

17:00 - 18:30 24 May 2018
We are pleased to welcome you to the launch of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies. The schedule for the launch event is as follows: 4.15pm: Drinks reception 5.00pm:…

Nature Through Roman Eyes

10:00 6 April - 17:00 30 October 2018
Nature Through Roman Eyes is inspired by the work of Roman writer Pliny the Elder. His Natural History – a 37 book encyclopaedia of the ancient world - covers every subject from astronomy…

Stealing Smiles: Changes in Dentistry during the 20th Century

17:30 - 19:00 24 May 2018
To coincide with National Smile Month and 70 years of the National Health Service, this conversation between medical historian Dr Richard Barnett, and Dr Margaret Wilson, Dental clinician…

Still Spirits

18 May - 30 June 2018
Drawings by artist EJ Lance of the cephalopod (octopus and squid) spirit collection in the Study.

The Whitworth: A 21st Century Gallery in a Park

11:00 - 12:00 24 May 2018
In 2009, the Whitworth appointed architects MUMA to extend the Gallery. Their objectives were to improve exhibition spaces and facilities, provide increasing access to the collections…

Thursday Lates: Oh Sh*t, What Now?

19:00 - 21:00 24 May 2018
Thursday Lates: Oh Sh*t… What Now? 24 May, 7pm. Free This event, for the student, graduate, and young creative, will revolve around Manchester-based designer Craig Oldham’s latest…

Tours at Two

14:00 20 April 2018 - 14:45 31 December 2019
Each day our public tours are led by our Visitor Team and are an insightful view into our history, collections, exhibition spaces, architecture and park. Daily tours are designed for…

WEI Annual Lecture presented in partnership with HSRC

24 May 2018
The 2018 Work and Equalities Annual Lecture, in partnership with the Health Services Research Centre (HSRC). New Forms of Governance: Striving for Better Jobs and Public Services.…

Free Will Workshop: Luck and Abilities

10:15 - 17:00 25 May 2018
This workshop is free to attend. No registration is necessary but please contact Helen Beebee (helen.beebee@manchester.ac.uk) if you are planning to attend. Timetable: 10.15-10.30:…

Good Grief: Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Mourning

10:30 - 16:30 25 May 2018
10.30-11am Tea/Coffee (Foyer) 11-11.50am Grief-Stricken: Medical and Psychological Models of Mourning Naomi Baker (Manchester), Mourning Sickness: Is Grief a Disease? Lesel Dawson…

Magic Carpet: The Girl & The Bird

10:30 - 11:30 25 May 2018
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…

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