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exhibition Material Power: Palestinian Embroideries
The Whitworth | 25 November 2023 – 7 April 2024

Material Power: Palestinian Embroideries explores the historical life and contemporary significance of Palestinian embroidered dress.

exhibition A Fine Toothed Comb curated by Lubaina Himid
HOME | 7 October 2023 – 7 January 2024

Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid presents new commissions and work from artists Magda Stawarska, Rebecca Chesney and Tracy Hill.

exhibition Gherdai Hassell / Undercurrents: Colour and the Shifting Self
HOME | 17 June – 13 August 2023

Gherdai Hassell presents a new body of work at HOME in an exhibition that explores the multifaceted nature of identity.

exhibition HMT Empire Windrush, Untold Stories
Manchester Poetry Library | 3 July – 2 September 2023

Manchester Poetry Library is proud to present Untold Stories, an exhibition featuring stories and creative writing from participants in the Untold Stories project

exhibition Curry Mile – A Changing Neighbourhood
Manchester Central Library | 10 July – 30 September 2023

Curry Mile – A Changing Neighbourhood is a documentary photography project exploring ‘present day’ Wilmslow Road.

exhibition Request Line
The Manchester Museum | 19 July 2023

Manchester Museum launches the True Form vinyl archive ‘Request Line’ installation in the South Asia Gallery performance space.

exhibition Richard Kelly: A Time and Place
The Refuge | 1 June – 31 August 2023

Celebrated music photographer Richard Kelly showcases never before seen shots of Amy Winehouse, Florence and the Machine and more.

music True Form presents Request Line
The Manchester Museum | 19 July – 17 August 2023

True Form vinyl archive Request Line is an installation at Manchester Museum on display throughout South Asian Heritage Month.

theatre Balmy Army
HOME | 1 July – 17 September 2023

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

Part of Manchester International Festival 2023

exhibition Archiving Artist Led Activity, with Alistair Woods & Kwong Lee
Castlefield Gallery | 13 May 2023

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

exhibition Jill Furmanovsky: Photographing the Invisible
Manchester Central Library | 15 April – 25 June 2023

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

exhibition un.procedure / Themory
International Anthony Burgess Foundation | 26 – 27 May 2023

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

exhibition The Poetics of Water
Castlefield Gallery | 25 June – 24 September 2023

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

exhibition CIPHER
HOME | 7 April – 11 June 2023

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

exhibition Traces of Displacement
The Whitworth | 7 April 2023 – 7 January 2024

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

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