Exhibitions

Ai Weiwei: Button Up!

Factory International (Aviva Studios)

4 July- 6 September 2026 In Ai Weiwei: Button Up!, at Manchester’s Factory International,the…

Art From Mill Barn

Lytham Heritage Centre

2 – 21 June 2026   Mill Barn Artists meet weekly to make and…


Apollo Painting School

Grundy Art Gallery

28 March – 28 June 2026 Presented in conversation with, but separate to Louise…

Louise Giovanelli: From Here To Here To Here

Grundy Art Gallery

28 March – 28 June 2026 In spring 2016 Louise Giovanelli had her very…


Monet X The Magic Club

Grundy Art Gallery

28 March – 13 June 2026 See an original Monet masterpiece at Grundy Art…

Delaine Le Bas: Un-Fair-Ground

Accrington

13 February – 31 May 2026 Delaine Le Bas’s first solo show in Manchester…


Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige

Whitworth Art Gallery

14 March – 15 November 2026 Step into Japan’s floating world and explore the…

Abbot Hall Collections

Abbot Hall Art Gallery

Abbot Hall is one of Britain’s preeminent small art galleries, set in a Grade…


Grundy Art Gallery: Collections

Grundy Art Gallery

The Grundy Art Gallery first opened to the public in 1911. The building was…

Performing Trees: Whitworth collection exhibition

Whitworth Art Gallery

30 September 2025 – 4 April 2027   A new exhibition exploring the changing…


The Guardians of Living Matter

The Lowry Galleries

31 January – 29 March 2026 The Guardians of Living Matter is an interdisciplinary…

Modern Life: the LS Lowry Collection

The Lowry Galleries

5 July 2025 – 30 June 2026 Visitors can see many of Lowry’s iconic…


Splendours of the Sikh Raj: Arms and Armour

Manchester Art Gallery

22 November 2025  –  29 November 2026 For over 300 years, the Sikhs have…

May Morris: Crafting a Legacy

Lady Lever Art Gallery

25 April – 1 November 2026 This exhibition is a celebration of the wide-ranging…


Seasons of Recovery

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8 December 2025 – 8 March 2026 Seasons of Recovery is a project by…

Roots in the Sly

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11 October 2025 – 25 January 2026 Roots in the Sky is the first institutional…


Artefacts of Interaction

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6 September  2025 – 29 March 2026 New work by Will Belshah & artist…

Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus

Walker Art Gallery

18 April 2025 –  October 2026 Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus is a new…


East Side Story – Portrait of a Lakes Road in Winter by Ken Royall

Brantwood

10 January – 12 April 2026 These photographs by local photographer Ken Royall depict…

Frances Priest: Motif | Line | Colour

Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House

7 November 2025 – 11 April 2026 Explore the ceramic work of celebrated Edinburgh-based…