Past Exhibitions by year
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Browse our past exhibitions
exhibitions that started in 2016
exhibitions that started in 2015
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In the Land
Rethinking the form, texture and space of the natural landscape
27 January – 4 December 2018
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The Art of Volunteering
Our volunteers take over the Collections Centre with The Art of Volunteering, a project which explores the breadth of the Whitworth's collections.
25 May 2018 – 23 September 2018
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Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves
A spectacular immersive film installation by British artist Isaac Julien
30 March – 28 August 2018
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Alison Wilding
Turner Prize nominee and Royal Academician Alison Wilding presents works spanning the past 20 years of her career.
16 February – 12 August 2018
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John Stezaker
Using vintage photographs, old film stills, postcards and book illustrations, John Stezaker makes collages that subvert their original imagery, creating unique and compelling works of art.
1 December 2017 – 24 June 2018
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Cozens and Cozens
Father and son, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, were influential watercolour painters of the 18th century.
16 June 2017 - 24 June 2018
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Beyond Borders
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging. #NewNorthSouth
20 May 2017 – 3 June 2018
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Apna: Ours Yours Everybody’s
Apna is a word used in many languages across South Asia meaning ‘ours, yours or everybody’s’. In the Collections Centre the curators hand over the reigns, in this case to Apna, a South Asian women’s arts group based in Rossendale. This display is a collaboration between the Whitworth and Apna, telling stories of women between two worlds.
3 February – 13 May 2018
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Cecily Brown: Shipwreck drawings
This is an exhibition of a extraordinary series of drawings by Cecily Brown, of wrecked ships and their passengers.
17 November – 15 April 2018
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South Asian Modernists 1953-63
Exploring the works of Pakistani and Indian artists who worked with Victor Musgrave between 1953-63.
#NewNorthSouth30 September 2017 – 15 April 2018
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Beyond Dementia
Supporting active citizenship in those living with dementia
28 July – 21 January 2018
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Maeve Brennan
The Whitworth presents a major new film commission, The Drift, by London and Beirut based artist Maeve Brennan.
30 September 2017 – 28 January 2018
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2015-2016
