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Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness

1 September 2018 - 24 February 2019
From the Barberini Tapestries to the Bayeux Tapestry, monumental textiles in the form of large-scale narrative embroideries, weaving and tapestries have been used to illustrate contemporary…

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…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 31 August 2018 - 10:00 31 May 2020
Are you and your family hungry to get creative? Pick up a picnic hamper with a difference. Come to our Oxford Road or Parkside entrance and pick up one of our special hampers - free…

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…

From Oppression to Expression

14:00 - 16:00 22 September 2018
Discover fascinating stories which begin with the work of missionaries and commonwealth statesmen, and go on to include poets, activists and the journey towards inclusion. We are delighted…

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,…

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…

Official Freshers Night: Pangaea presents The Big One

21:00 22 - 05:00 23 September 2018
What goes up must come down. End your week with the ultimate Freshers finale presented by Europe’s largest student festival, Pangaea. Get your ticket here: https://manchesterstudentsunion.com/events/…

Outdoor Art Club

10:30 - 14:00 22 September 2018
Outdoor Art Club will be back on Saturday 15 September. New for Autumn! Outdoor Art Club under 6s. Every Saturday (term time only), 10:30am-12noon. Free, no booking Play based…

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…

Saturday Supplement: The Hidden Pin Up

11:00 - 15:10 22 September 2018
Black Gold Arts (BGA) alumni House of Ghetto have teamed up with artist Gemma Parker to look at the fetishization of the black female body by investigating the hidden history of the…

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 rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 22 September 2018
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

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…

William Kentridge: Thick Time

21 September 2018 - 3 March 2019
South African artist William Kentridge weaves together global histories of revolution, exile and utopian aspirations, exploring how they are shaped by the creative forces of memory…

Hindi Poetry Evening (Kavi Sammelan)

18:00 - 21:30 23 September 2018
Hindi Poetry Evening (Kavi Sammelan) Enjoy Hindi poetry with eminent poets from India For last 3 years VOICE ( Vedic Organisation for Indian Culture and Education) have been holding…

International Society barbecue

16:00 - 18:00 23 September 2018
Join international and home students for a barbecue in the garden. Vegetarian, halal and kosher options are available. Tickets cost £6.00 and should be bought in advance from the reception…

Art Baby

10:00 - 15:00 24 September 2018
Free, no booking. Mondays 10am - 3pm. (term-time only) Creative journeys start here. Sensory play in the beautiful setting of the gallery designed especially for babies and their…

Confucius Institute Taster Sessions 2018

18:00 24 - 19:00 27 September 2018
Come along to our free taster sessions, get to know our native teachers, find out which class would be the right one for you and learn about our approach to teaching Mandarin. We look…

Early Years Atelier

10:00 - 15:00 24 September 2018
Weekly multi-sensory, messy play sessions for children under 5 in our new Clore Learning Studio This free, drop-in space is based on the early years philosophy of Reggio Emilia, where…

From Oppression to Expression

14:00 - 16:00 24 September 2018
Discover fascinating stories which begin with the work of missionaries and commonwealth statesmen, and go on to include poets, activists and the journey towards inclusion. We are delighted…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Juan del Nido - Uber and What The People Want: The Populist Persuasion of Algorithmic Reason

16:00 - 18:00 24 September 2018
When Uber arrived in Buenos Aires in 2016, middle class urbanites understood the labor of its algorithms through a realpolitik of empowerment and popular expertise. A rhetoric of “What…

Interactive Visualisation in R

25 - 26 September 2018
This course will introduce two technologies that will fundamentally change your use of R for data presentation on the web: html widgets and Shiny. This course will show you how easy…

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