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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
Exhibitions
The Reno at the Whitworth
For a period of one year Linda Brogan and a group of local residents, who went to the Reno nightclub in the 1970s and 80s, will occupy the Whitworth. 15 March 2019 – 19 April 2020
Current exhibitions | Cézanne at the Whitworth
This exhibition celebrates an extraordinary collection of drawings and prints by Paul Cézanne that has been gifted and placed on loan to the Whitworth by gallerist and collector, Karsten Schubert.
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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.