Past Exhibitions
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Idris Khan
British contemporary artist Idris Khan's new solo exhibition.
14 October 2016 – 12 March 2017Read more
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M + Sigg Collection
Chinese art from 1970s to now. Eighty works, four decades of fast-moving art, one of the world’s finest collections of Chinese art – and the only chance to see it in the UK.
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Cornelia Parker
A major solo show from one of Britain’s most acclaimed contemporary artists
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Thomas Schütte
A remarkable print installation by a leading German artist.
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Cai Guo-Qiang, Unmanned Nature
A spectacular installation in our new landscape gallery
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BBC Little Painting Challenge
The Whitworth and BBC Learning have developed a series of events to accompany the exhibition.
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Manchester International Festival
World Premières and Special Events
Eighteen Extraordinary DaysMIF15: Richter/Pärt, 9 – 19 July 2015Read more
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Johnnie Shand Kydd
Iconic, black and white photographs of international art world figures at play.
14 February 2015 to 1 February 2016
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Richard Forster
Richard Forster makes super realistic drawings from photographs rather than from life - either using his own snapshots, or images found in magazines, books or on the internet.
29 August 2015 – 28 February 2016
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Wallpaper
Celebrating post-war design this show features highlights from the Whitworth’s collection of 1950s and 60s wallpapers.
29 January – 9 October 2016
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The Gardener Digs in Another Time
This exhibition reflects upon the use of the garden in visual culture as a vehicle for utopian thought and emblem for an ideal society.
23 June – 9 October 2016
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Art from the Friends
The Friends of the Whitworth was founded by the gallery’s remarkable Director and artist Margaret Pilkington in 1933 for ‘enriching the collections through the purchase of works of art’. Since then, the Friends have raised considerable funds to buy many of the finest works in the Whitworth’s collection. Here the Friends share a selection of works by Paul Klee, David Hockney, Anne Wilson and many others.
21 October 2016 – 8 January 2017Read more
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Whitworth Young Contemporaries: And Now We Are Plastic
As technology helps us to constantly evolve, the boundaries between our physical and digital spaces are blending, yet our ability to adapt and change remains visible in our art, marking the world we leave behind.
‘And Now We Are Plastic’ is the first exhibition curated by young people at the Whitworth.
27 January – 2 April 2017Read more
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ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol
This exhibition shows the sharp critical opinions of an artist known to many primarily as art salesman, purveyor of product and celebrant of capitalism.
19 November 2016 – Easter Monday 17 April 2017Image: Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1986.
ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Photo © TateRead more
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Revolutionary Textiles 1910-1939
In the early decades of the 20th century textile design took off in new directions throughout the Western world.
26 March 2016 - 23 April 2017
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Siobhan Davies Dance
material / rearranged / to / be
London-based investigative arts organisation Siobhan Davies Dance show an ambitious new installation comprised of multiple contributions by choreographers, visual artists and designers.
6 – 14 May 2017
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NEW SCULPTURE
This exhibition presents a dynamic selection of contemporary sculpture recently acquired by the Whitworth.
Saturday 22 October – Sunday 11 June 2017
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John Akomfrah
Vertigo Sea
The acclaimed video installation Vertigo Sea, a three-screen film, first seen at the 56th Venice Biennale.
24 March – 23 July 2017
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