What's On


A movement for youth-led mental health. Balmy Army is art and activism rolled into one show – expect the unexpected.

Join artist Alistair Woods and former director of Castlefield Gallery, Kwong Lee, exploring the histories and archives of artist-led spaces.

A fascinating retrospective of photographer Jill Furmanovsky featuring some of the most famous works from 50 years of rock photography

Themory is an immersive audiovisual installation, drawing from the subjective and fluid forces of family and history, place and time.

The Poetics of Water asks visitors to look at landscapes, borders and centuries and think deeply about soil and water’s fundamental elements.

CIPHER makes voyeurs of its viewers; cryptic domestic narratives frame subjects in private states of exchange, isolation, and contemplation.

Traces of Displacement uses the Whitworth’s collection to address one of the major humanitarian concerns – forced displacement.

SEEN Magazine and Manchester Museum shine a spotlight on the sounds of the South Asian diaspora for Manchester International Festival.

Tino Sehgal presents a playful exchange between different masters of their craft. Premieres at the National Football Museum and the Whitworth.

Archives at Play 2 is the second in a two-part series of exhibitions inviting an exciting roster of artists to delve into Castlefield Gallery’s archive.

Join Castlefield Gallery to hear from exhibiting artist El Morgan and writer and curator Jamie Sutcliffe

A new exhibition exploring how Elizabeth Gaskell presented Manchester and its people through her novels and short stories, and the impact she had through her writing.

A Tangle of Mind & Matter at Modal Gallery showcases pioneering artworks from half a century of innovation by Rebecca Allen.

Manchester Museum welcome best-selling author Peter Frankopan to the launch of his new book, The Earth Transformed, a major history of how climate change has shaped civilisations.

Dab Hands is an exhibition that celebrates the extraordinary relationship that we have with our hands and the value of the skills that can be acquired