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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,…

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.…

Blue Planet In Concert

17:00 - 23:00 19 July 2018
The award winning bluedot festival will be opening early this year with Blue Planet in Concert, performed by the Halle Orchestra on Thursday 19th July. The show combines live music…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

NCRM Autumn School:Visualisation and the Visual Field

19 July 2018
The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) will be holding its thirteenth residential training event for post-doctoral researchers in Manchester. There are twenty five fully funded…

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…

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…

Bluedot Festival

20 - 22 July 2018
The incredible bluedot festival is Jodrell Bank's award-winning music, arts and science weekender that's not to be missed! Set against the backdrop of the iconic Lovell Telescope at…

KIDNAP@20: The Art of Incarceration

12:30 - 19:00 20 July 2018
A one-day performance symposium. In July 1998, the performance company BLAST THEORY did something a little different. Instead of making a theatre piece about a kidnapping, they actually…

Interfaith Childhoods Workshop

11:00 - 15:00 21 July 2018
This workshop is open to parents and their children aged 5-8 years. Participants will learn to use digital media, textiles and material collage to explore ideas of 'what really matters'…

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

13:00 - 14:00 21 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…

Manchester Mega Mela

12:00 21 - 18:00 22 July 2018
Badge & Printmaking with Manchester Museum: 12-6pm Get crafty and create your very own badge or print inspired by Manchester Museum’s collections. At Manchester Mega Mela, Platt Fields…

Ancient Worlds: Make a Mosaic

12:30 23 - 15:30 27 July 2018
We are soon to begin our exciting transformation hello future and are saying goodbye to our Ancient Worlds galleries for a while. Join us this summer to create your very own ancient…

Playtime: Summer Family Activities

11:00 23 July - 15:00 31 August 2018
Playtime 23 July - 31 August, 11am-3pm All summer the Whitworth will be exploring the art of play. Have a wander and find games indoors and out, sensory play for babies, the Whitworth…

UK-China Researcher Links Workshop

09:30 23 - 16:00 26 July 2018
<b>Sustainable Systems for CO<sub>2</sub> Utilisation: from Innovation to Practical Implementation</b> Under the researcher links scheme offered within the Newton Fund, the British…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 24 July 2018
Baby Explorers is an interactive story and sensory play session, and Musical Baby Explorers includes live music and songs inspired by our collections. For babies who are not yet walking…

Baby Explorers

11:30 - 12:15 24 July 2018
Baby Explorers is an interactive story and sensory play session, and Musical Baby Explorers includes live music and songs inspired by our collections. For babies who are not yet walking…

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