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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,…

Artbaby - Musicbaby

10:00 - 15:00 16 July 2018
Artbaby - Musicbaby: Designed especially for babies and led by artists and musicians, these sensory workshops explore new spaces and sounds, art and music. 10.15am-11.15am or 11.30am-12.30pm.…

Bee Backpack Trail

28 May - 31 August 2018
Can you do the waggle dance? How does a bee see? Explore the life of a honey bee as you make your way around the Jodrell Bank gardens carrying out bee-themed activities along the way.…

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…

Early Years Atelier

10:00 - 15:00 16 July 2018
Weekly multi-sensory, messy play sessions for children under 5 in our new Clore Learning Studio Mondays, 10am-3pm. Drop in, free (term-time only) This free, drop-in space is based…

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…

Four Corners of One Cloth: Textiles from the Islamic World

23 June 2018 - 3 November 2019
A section of a Kiswa will form the heart of the exhibition. The Kiswa cloth covers the Ka’bah and is replaced each year during Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Positioned in the direction…

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…

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…

Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil

7 July 2018 - 4 August 2019
Francesco José de Goya Lucientes (1746-1828) and William Hogarth (1647-1764) were the most remarkable artists of their times. Both were famous painters, but their most compelling works…

The Art of Volunteering

25 May - 23 September 2018
Our volunteers take over the Collections Centre with The Art of Volunteering, a project which explores the breadth of the Whitworth's collections, of over 60,000 works. The exhibition…

The Political Economy of Killer Robots

16:00 - 17:30 16 July 2018
Frank Pasquale is professor of law at the University of Maryland, an affiliate fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project, a member of the Council for Big Data, Ethics…

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…

A Journey Worth 70 Years

18:30 - 19:30 17 July 2018
A Journey Worth 70 Years explores the stories of the British Pakistani diaspora. The film deals with opinions pertaining to ethnic identities, internalisation of conflicts arising from…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 17 July 2018
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you. Join us as we take a look behind the scenes at The John Rylands Library. Free, booking…

Personhood and Selfhood

09:00 - 18:00 17 July 2018
The third in a Royal Institute of Philosophy conference series on Personhood and Selfhood at the University of Manchester. Additionally sponsored by the AHRC North West Doctoral Training…

Walking for Wellbeing

12:00 - 13:00 17 July 2018
Escape the everyday and discover the art in Whitworth Park. Walking for Wellbeing is an excellent way to get active, explore what’s on your doorstep and make new friends. Join us every…

Disclosing versus concealing a mental health problem at work: what do we know and where do we go from here?

10:00 - 12:00 18 July 2018
Mental health is a growing global concern. Mental health problems represent a significant cost to companies stemming from reduced productivity, absences, and turnover. Despite a notable…

Great Escape: Tai Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 - 09:30 18 July 2018
Wednesdays, 8.30am – 9.30am. £5 A traditional Chinese internal art for mind and body. Located in the peaceful setting of our Art Garden, Jian Taiji offer 2 qualified instructors…

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

13:00 - 14:00 18 July 2018
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…

Special seminar: The extracellular matrix in cancer progression and metastasis

13:00 - 14:00 18 July 2018
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a master regulator of cellular phenotype and behaviour. It plays a critical role in both normal tissue homeostasis and pathological disease progression.…

Webinar: Research using youth and young adult data in Understanding Society

15:00 - 16:00 18 July 2018
This is a free webinar for anyone with an interest in learning more and using the youth and young adult data from Understanding Society. This is a joint webinar between the UK Data…

Great Escape: Yoga

08:30 - 09:45 19 July 2018
Thursdays, 8.30am – 9.45am. £5 No emails, texts, updates or alerts – yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth’s peaceful setting. No need to book. When the weather is fine,…

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