Exhibitions

Current Exhibitions

There's much to explore in our current exhibition programme.

This autumn sees the opening of Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery. On display in the UK for the first time in over 30 years, historical dresses sit alongside the voices of women who continue to embroider today, and the work of contemporary artists critically reinterpreting the practice. Alongside Material Power, our exhibion Traces of Displacement addresses one of the major humanitarian concerns of the 20th and 21st centuries – forced displacement. And we continue to explore Albrecht Dürer's material world, the first major exhibition of the Whitworth’s outstanding Dürer collection in over half a century.

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Upcoming Exhibitions

Take a look at our 2024 exhibition programme. Emerging through close collaborations with a wide range of contributors, this programme continues to support artists and researchers to speak to some of the pertinent issues of our time and ensures that a plurality of voices is represented in our public collections.

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Past Exhibitions

Take a look back in time and rediscover our past exhibition programme. From touring exhibitions, and contemporary commissions to displays from our outstanding collection.

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