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MIF21: Poet Slash Artist
HOME | Until 30 August 2021

LAST CHANCE. From gallery walls to city streets, poets and visual artists connect words and images in this multifaceted group show.

David Bailey: The Busiest Bus Route in Europe
HOME | Until 25 August 2021

Local artist and illustrator, David Bailey, exhibits his new poster series at Homeground.

Lothar Götz, Pool
The Holden Gallery | Until 21 August 2021

The Holden Gallery returns with Lothar Götz unveiling a giant new, immersive site-specific wall painting.

MIF21: Captioning the City
Across Manchester | Until 18 July 2021

Captioning the City asks audiences to stop, take a moment and experience Manchester in a new dimension through this captivating public artwork.

Imran Perretta: the destructors
The Whitworth | Until 19 December 2021

The Whitworth presents Imran Perretta: the destructors, a new 2-screen film exploring personal and collective experiences of marginalisation and oppression.

Collections Care Centre
The Whitworth | Until 19 December 2021

The Collections Care Centre at the Whitworth is a space that allows the gallery to show, share and care for its important collections.

We Are Nature
The Manchester Museum | Until 31 August 2021

LAST CHANCE. Wild Chorus and Voicing Silence at Manchester Museum are two new artistic responses to the beauty, complexity and decline of wildlife.

A Love Affair with Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell's House | Until 24 April 2022

LAST CHANCE. Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has a new exhibition about one of Elizabeth’s best-known collection of stories – Cranford.

Future Libraries: Charlotte Wetton and David McFarlane
Manchester Poetry Library | Until 12 June 2021

An installation that will celebrate the role of libraries and librarians in supporting unique journeys of self-development.

Soul Journey to Truth
HOME | Until 5 June 2021

Soul Journey to Truth shines a light on the creative talent within prisons, secure settings, and people on probation in the North West.

MIF21: Cloud Studies
The Whitworth | Until 17 July 2021

Cloud Studies at the Whitworth Art Gallery, is Forensic Architecture’s first exhibition in Manchester and part of Manchester International Festival.

Nicola Ellis and Ritherdon & Co Ltd: No gaps in the line
Castlefield Gallery | Until 1 August 2021

Castlefield Gallery reopens its doors with Nicola Ellis’ first major solo exhibition which will include a large site-responsive work reaching up into the the gallery’s double-height space

MIF21: I Love You Too at Central Library
Manchester Central Library | Until 9 July 2021

Kemang Wa Lehulere collaborates with 11 Manchester writers and over 100 residents of the city to create a surprising collection of love letters – a new book for Central Library.

Let’s Figure it Out
HOME | Until 31 January 2021

Art works embodying issues of mental health This project has been an opportunity for service users from Recovery Pathways, a citywide service at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust to explore what mental wellbeing means to them through the subject of the figure. The work on show is a powerful testimony from those who […]

Our Plague Year: Nick Burton
HOME | Until 3 January 2021

Our Plague Year was commissioned by HOME during our closure period. Conceived by artist and illustrator, Nick Burton, Our Plague Year is a digital comic and an alternative retelling of the Eyam Plague of 1665-66. The weekly comic strip soon gathered thousands of subscribers including international audiences. This exhibition presents an opportunity to get closer […]