Exhibitions

Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery

Whitworth Art Gallery

24 November 2023 – 7 April 2024 Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery, explores the historical…

John Cake / Dead Cats and A Kinky Bus Pass

Home

21 October 2023 – 7 January 2024 John Cake presents a brand-new solo exhibition bringing together…

A Fine Toothed Comb curated by Lubaina Himid

Home

7 October 2023 – 7 January 2024 A Fine Toothed Comb is an exhibition curated…

Unpicking Couture

Manchester Art Gallery

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

Albrecht Dürer’s Material World

Whitworth Art Gallery

30 June 2023 – 10 March 2024 Albrecht Dürer’s material world is the first…

Traces of Displacement

Whitworth Art Gallery

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

Julia and Axel: Thirty Years of Favourite Stories

The Lowry Galleries

22 July 2023 –  1 January 2024 The Lowry in collaboration with publishers Macmillan…

Friends, Family and Other Animals

Manchester Art Gallery

13 June 2023  –  24 March 2024 2023 marks our 200th anniversary year and…

What’s New? Collecting for Manchester

Manchester Art Gallery

7 February 2023  –  31 December 2025 This new display explores the different ways…

Rethinking the Grand Tour

Manchester Art Gallery

24 November 2022  –  31 December 2025 For 200 years the Grand Tour set…

Trading Station: How Hot Drinks Shape Our Lives

Manchester Art Gallery

14 December 2019  – 31  January 2025 Hot drinks, once expensive luxuries for the…

Out of the Crate: Investigating the Sculpture Collection at Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery

7 November 2019  –  31 December 31 2023 Part exhibition, part research space, Out of…

(Un)Defining Queer

Whitworth Art Gallery

27 January – 3 December 2023 This exhibition delves into the Whitworth’s collection to…

HOME

Home

Opened in 2015 in Manchester city centre, HOME offers new art, theatre, cinema, dance…

The Whitworth: Collections

Whitworth Art Gallery

Founded in 1889 as the first English gallery in a park, the Whitworth is…

Salford Art Gallery: Collections

Salford Museum and Art Gallery

Salford Museum and Art Gallery was the UK’s ‘first free public library’, which opened…

Manchester Art Gallery: Collections

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery and The Gallery of Costume are home to the city’s world-class…

Manchester Fashion Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery

Previously housed at the Gallery of Costume at Platt Hall for over 70 years,…

LS Lowry Exhibition

The Lowry Galleries

Permanent Exhibition The Lowry houses the largest public collection of paintings and drawings by…

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