Exhibitions, Literature Live

Cézanne at the Whitworth

24 August 2019 - 1 March 2020
This exhibition celebrates an extraordinary collection of drawings and prints by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) that has been gifted and placed on long-term loan to the Whitworth by gallerist,…

Elizabeth Price

25 September 2019 - 1 March 2020
Bringing together many new and acclaimed works - including drawings, sculpture and video - this exhibition engages with Price’s pre-occupations of technology, history, politics and…

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…

Instruments of Change

19 March 2019 - 31 December 2020
Instruments of Change is an exhibition that showcases objects from the Beswick Collection at the Museum of Medicine and Health, telling the stories of the people of Manchester whose…

Tapestries

12 October 2019 - 1 March 2020
A tapestry is a coming together of people or things, usually thread, to make an intricate whole. This exhibition shows the breadth of the textiles at the Whitworth that are made with…

The Reno at the Whitworth

15 March 2019 - 1 March 2020
For a period of one year Linda Brogan and a group of local residents, who went to the Reno nightclub in the 1970s and 80s, will occupy the Whitworth. The Reno, located in Moss Side,…

Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity

17 August 2019 - 5 July 2020
Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity In the middle of the nineteenth century wallpaper design suddenly became diverse. English manufacturers began to excel at the quick production…

Utopias

31 January - 4 October 2020
Utopia is, at its essence, about creating a perfect world, yet in this way, it is always in opposition with the present. In his seminal book Utopia (1516), Thomas More gave name and…

PN Review 250 Launch Party

18:30 3 February 2020
Please join us in the atmospheric setting of Christie's Bistro in Manchester to celebrate the 250th issue of PN Review, with readings from contributors Parwana Fayyaz, Jane Yeh, John…

Literature Live: Luke Brown and Emma Jane Unsworth

18:30 - 19:45 10 February 2020
Luke Brown grew up in Fleetwood, Lancashire, and now lives in London, although he is frequently in Manchester to teach at the Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester.…

Fully Booked Literature Live: Isabel Allende in Conversation with Jeanette Winterson

19:00 - 20:15 11 February 2020
***This event is now fully booked*** Manchester Literature Festival and the Centre for New Writing are thrilled to welcome one of Latin America’s greatest authors to the UK for her…

Fully Booked Literature Live: Eimear McBride

19:30 - 20:45 17 February 2020
*This event is now fully booked* Manchester Literature Festival and the Centre for New Writing are delighted to present an evening with Eimear McBride. One of our most arresting writers,…

Exhibition: The Soul of the Black Earth - 60 years of Contemporary Chinese Printmaking

19 February - 13 March 2020
The Confucius Institute is delighted to bring this fascinating exhibition to Manchester, telling the story of four generations of printmakers from Heilongjiang Province in the north-east…

The Complete Works: Lindsey Hilsum

18:45 - 20:30 19 February 2020
Part of: The Complete Works: Year 1 – Hope & Resistance , The Complete Works: Year 1 – Hope & Resistance Editor, critic & broadcaster Ellah Wakatama OBE curates and presents this…

Event Cancelled Literature Live: Jean McNeil and Rachael Allen

19:30 - 20:45 24 February 2020
Due to industrial action by the University and College Union (UCU) this event is now cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have bought tickets for this event…

Literature Live: Vahni Capildeo, Anthony Caleshu and Peter Gizzi

18:30 - 19:45 9 March 2020
Please be aware this event will run at 6.30pm in the International Anthony Burgess Foundation and will be hosted by Carcanet. It will mark the launch of Carcanet’s edition of Gizzi’s…

Literature Live: Frances Leviston and Kirsty Logan

19:30 - 20:45 23 March 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been postponed. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--17-march-2020/

LITERATURE LIVE: An Evening with Hilary Mantel hosted by Kamila Shamsie

19:00 - 20:20 19 April 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://tinyurl.com/s4yyrfz

Literature Live: Jessica Moor and Juliet Bates

18:30 - 19:45 20 April 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--1-april-2020/

Imran Perretta: the destructors

8 May - 4 October 2020
The Whitworth presents a new 2-screen film by London-based artist Imran Perretta. Drawing on the artist’s own experience as a young man of Bangladeshi heritage, the film explores personal…

Ian McGuire: The Abstainer (Online Blackwell's Event)

19:00 - 20:00 1 October 2020
Join acclaimed North Water author Ian McGuire at an Blackwell's online event, as he talks about his new novel, The Abstainer - an epic story of revenge and obsession. About this Event…

Daisy Johnson and Sophie Mackintosh in conversation with Jeanette Winterson

12:00 - 13:00 23 October 2020
Two rising stars of the UK literary scene, both Daisy Johnson and Sophie Mackintosh excel in creating atmospheric tales centred around women and girls. Sophie’s dystopian Blue Ticket…

Maaza Mengiste In conversation with Kamila Shamsie

16:00 - 17:00 23 October 2020
These aren’t the days to pretend you’re only a wife or a sister or a mother, she says. We’re more than this. In her stunning Booker Prize shortlisted novel, The Shadow King, Maaza…

Romalyn Ante, Will Harris & Nina Mingya Powles

12:00 - 13:00 24 October 2020
Three exciting young poets read from their debut collections. What unites the work of all three is their exploration of the self, what it means to be multi-heritage in today’s world,…

Tayari Jones & Brit Bennett n conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama

16:00 - 17:00 24 October 2020
How do you live with the kind of secret that could explode someone’s entire life? In Tayari Jones’ Silver Sparrow, Dana and her mother have always known that James, their father and…

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