News
New exhibition: Utopias | 31 January – 27 September 2020
Utopia is, at its essence, about creating a perfect world, yet in this way, it is always in opposition with the present.
New Exhibition: Other Transmissions: Conversations with Outsider Art
14 February – 14 June 2020. An exhibition of work initiated during a long artistic collaboration between the Whitworth, Venture Arts and Castlefield Gallery
Exhibitions
Standardisation and Deviation: The Whitworth Story | Until June 2021
Standardisation is a theme that is woven throughout this exhibition, telling the history of the Whitworth and the development of its diverse and internationally significant collections.
Elizabeth Price: A LONG MEMORY
Bringing together many new and acclaimed works, this exhibition engages with Price’s pre-occupations of technology, history, politics and pop music. 25 October 2019 – 1 March 2020
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Edvard Munch
Two People: The Lonely Ones, 1899
Friends of The Whitworth
The Friends group was established in 1933 and has been flourishing ever since. Find out more
Collection and Research
Our study facilities, searchable database and international research projects put our collection at the centre of everything we do. Find out how you can work with us.
Going Green
We are proud of the changes we have made to make the Whitworth a model of good practice, embedding sustainability into all that we do.
Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity | Until July 2020
In the middle of the nineteenth century wallpaper design suddenly became diverse. English manufacturers began to excel at the quick production of affordable wallpapers.