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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.

visual arts Whiskey Chow & Ro Robertson
Contact | 25 May 2023

Experience a screening of filmed performances by Whiskey Chow, a performance artist and Chinese drag king, and the other by Ro Roberston,

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.

visual arts New Cinema Days
School of Digital Arts (SODA) | 20 April 2023

New Cinema Days at the School of Digital Arts is a one-day collective seminar and radical screening series focusing on experimental and emerging forms of cinema.

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.

exhibition Archives at Play 2
Castlefield Gallery | 26 March – 4 June 2023

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.

visual arts Dave Haslam and Jeremy Deller
The Whitworth | 27 April 2023

Dave Haslam and Jeremy Deller mark the publication of ‘Adventure Everywhere’, Haslam’s short book about Pablo Picasso’s Paris nightlife.

exhibition Albrecht Dürer’s Material World
The Whitworth | 30 June 2023 – 10 March 2024

Albrecht Dürer’s Material World is the first major exhibition of the Whitworth’s outstanding Dürer collection in over half a century.

exhibition Tale of the Frozen Bits
Castlefield Gallery | 12 February – 12 March 2023

Tale of the Frozen Bits at Castlefield Gallery is the first major solo exhibition of work by artist El Morgan.

exhibition Nina Chua and Daniel Silver
Castlefield Gallery | 30 October 2022 – 29 January 2023

A lively and exuberant exhibition of the work of Nina Chua and Daniel Silver, part of Castlefield Gallery’s ongoing series of two person shows.

exhibition Matthew Bamber and Ivy Kalungi
Castlefield Gallery | 25 September – 16 October 2022

Artists Matthew Bamber and Ivy Kalungi explore how images, objects and bodies hold memories of personal and social histories.

literature The Illustrated Woman: the art of tattoo
Manchester Poetry Library | 12 July 2022

Manchester Metropolitan University presents The Illustrated Woman: the art of tattoo a day of special events to launch Helen Mort’s latest poetry collection.

visual arts Drink and Draw with Indy Arts
The Old Abbey Taphouse | 25 June 2022

Explore your creative side and indulge in some drawing, painting and collage with your tipple of choice.