What's On
Over 80 of Shirley Craven’s bold abstract textiles are displayed together for the first time in over 60 years alongside newly acquired works.
Show Me The World Mister is a solo exhibition by Ayo Akingbade comprising two new film commissions.
The spring begins with the first major retrospective exhibition of Caribbean British artist and poet John Lyons.
Castlefield Gallery presents Logical Song, Rowland Hill’s first major solo exhibition exploring the aesthetics of 1990s Eurodance music, club culture and local fairgrounds.
Naomi Harwin invites you to explore her collection of ‘middle moments’ in Manchester through cutouts and interactive, tactile installations.
An exhibition from artists Jeffrey Knopf, Theo Simpson and Hope Strickland – a sculptor, a photographer and artist-filmmaker.
40 Years of the Future: Painting welcomes back five artists who exhibited as part of Castlefield Gallery’s 1984 inaugural programme.
Micah Purnell curates a ten year retrospective exhibition at Chatham Mill with an outrageous global cast of artists.
Sara Riccardi discusses food in art, from traditional Dutch still lives to contemporary candy floss installations.
David Olusoga OBE delivers a lecture addressing the dilemma facing museums in the 21st Century. In person tickets are sold out but the event will be streamed online.
John Cake presents a brand-new solo exhibition bringing together painting, prints and installation.
Permissible Beauty responds to the absence of Black Queer visibility in our national story, exploring and celebrating what is unique about British Black and Queer identity.
Friends of the Whitworth are delighted to welcome Sook-Kyung Lee as the 2023 Pilkington Lecturer.
Exhibiting work spanning 20 years, Robert Watson, one of the country’s leading documentary and contemporary photographic artists, returns to Central Library.
The first major UK solo exhibition by Omid Asad features new large-scale sculptural work exploring loss, memory and belonging.