Exhibitions

The ‘Death’ of the Life Room

Whitworth Art Gallery

6 June 2024 – 12 January 2025 Set against the backdrop of the 1950s…

Now you see me: Chris Day

Walker Art Gallery

6 August  – 9 January 2025 Now you see me is a stunning blown…

Bedazzled: evening wear from the 1920s to the 1980s

Lady Lever Art Gallery

26 October 2024 – 26 January 2025 This glamorous exhibition shines a spotlight on…

Metamorphosis: Johnny Vegas and Emma Rodgers at the Walker

Walker Art Gallery

30 April 2024—31 March 2025 Actor and comedian Johnny Vegas has a degree in…

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…

Exchanges

Whitworth Art Gallery

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

Creating Visions: Women Designers 1900-2000

Walker Art Gallery

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

Unpicking Couture

Manchester Art Gallery

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

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 2025 Part exhibition, part research space, Out of the…

Home and Away

Sudley House

From 18 May 2021 Home and Away is a new exhibition featuring paintings of…

Blackwell: the Arts & Crafts House

Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House

Blackwell offers a  snapshot of early 20th-century living. Designed by architect Mackay Hugh Baillie…

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…

HOME

Home

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

Brantwood – The World of John Ruskin

Brantwood

Brantwood offers an insight into the world of John Ruskin and the last 28…

Urban Arts Studio

Urban Art Gallery

The Urban Arts Studio is a music, arts and events venue in the middle…

Venues