Exhibitions

Reflections: Paintings by Steve Bruce

Lytham Heritage Centre

30 April – 19 May 2024   Further information: Open Tuesdays – Sundays, 10.00…

Shirley Craven

Whitworth Art Gallery

6 April 2024 – 11 May 2025 Born in Hull in 1934 and evacuated…


Stories of Women, Work and Uncertain Futures

Manchester Art Gallery

8 March  –  5 January 2025 Stories of Women, Work and Uncertain Futures is…

Matthew Bamber: Dream Home

Home

28 March – 9 June 2024 Matthew Bamber explores themes of memory and trauma,…


National Treasures: Velázquez in Liverpool

Walker Art Gallery

10 May — 26 August 2024 ‘National Treasures: Velázquez in Liverpool‘ sees ‘The Rokeby…

Into the Light: An Intervention by Nahem Shoa

Walker Art Gallery

6 October 2023—12 August 2024 Asking uncomfortable questions related to Transatlantic slavery, Liverpool’s cotton…


Reflections on Water by Cumbria Printmakers

Brantwood

23 March – 19 May 2024 Set against the breathtaking backdrop of our Cumbrian…

Of Truth of Water by Frances Hatch

Brantwood

15 March – 13 July 2024 An exhibition of plein air paintings in water-based…


Sublime Symmetry: William De Morgan

Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House

1 March – 6 October 2024 Sublime Symmetry is an exhibition featuring 60 pots,…

Claude Cahun: Beneath this Mask

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

23 March – 3 August 2024 An exhibition of striking photographs exploring the complexities…


Gilbert Spencer

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

23 March – 29 June 2024 Uncovering the story of a British artist and…

Special Effects Model Making

Bolton Museum

11 March – 12 May 2024 The University of Bolton’s Special Effects Model Making…


Collection Spotlight: About Time

Grundy Art Gallery

20 April – 15 June 2024 The next in an ongoing series of exhibitions…

RA Walden : Object Transformations Through the Coordinate of Time

Grundy Art Gallery

20 April – 15 June 2024 Object transformations through the coordinate of time is…


Exchanges

Whitworth Art Gallery

21 November 2023 – 24 November 2024 The Whitworth holds an outstanding collection of…

Manchester Open 2024

Home

3 February – 28 April 2024 Taking place every two years, the Open Exhibition…


Creating Visions: Women Designers 1900-2000

Walker Art Gallery

21 October 2023 – further notice Iconic designs by Laura Ashley (1925-1985), Mary Quant…

Another View: Landscapes by Women Artists

Lady Lever Art Gallery

20 April —18 August 2024 This exhibition will examine women artists’ place in the…


Unpicking Couture

Manchester Art Gallery

21 July 2023  –  12 January 2025 Created by influential designers and fashion houses,…

Traces of Displacement

Whitworth Art Gallery

7 April 2023 – 12 May 2024 This exhibition uses the Whitworth’s collection to…