The city of Manchester will celebrate South Asian art and design with nine shows across museums and galleries. Leading South Asian and British artists of South Asian decent will join a celebration of shared heritage and historic connections through a series of exhibitions and performances. Events will take place at the Whitworth, Manchester Art Gallery,…
The Reformation, a new exhibition exploring a series of events which changed the course of history, is set to launch at Manchester’s John Rylands Library. The exhibition at John Rylands Library marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation – A monk who shattered the strength of the Catholic Church, a monarch who wanted to take…
Manchester Museum is marking the 70th anniversary of independence and Partition with its new exhibition Memories of Partition. The exhibition captures the memories of those affected by the 1947 Partition of India into India and Pakistan (and later Bangladesh in 1971). The partition of India led to the largest mass migration in human history, with…
A new exhibition, Beyond Dementia, has opened at The Whitworth Manchester, exploring the lived experience of dementia and highlighting the positives. Curated by Fabulous Forgetful Friends, the exhibition looks beyond the condition itself and includes artworks created by a group of people living with dementia. These are displayed alongwide works from the Whitworth’s art collection….
Manchester Jewish Museum will host five weeks of action-packed activities for children aged 7 to 14 with Two-Gun Cohen’s Summer Adventure Camp. The activity based Summer Camp takes place on Wednesdays throughout August and is based on the life and exploits of notorious Jewish adventurer Two-Gun Cohen. What will take place at Two-Gun Cohen’s Summer Adventure…
Girl Gang Manchester’s photography and art exhibition/social experiment #SeeMySelfie is currently running at The Wonder Inn on Shudehill. With the average 16-25 year old woman spending more than five hours a week taking selfies,#SeeMySelfie considers whether the selfie is an empowering act of self love or simply narcissism. It’s a complex and often conflicting question, provoking much…
Manchester Museum and the Museum of New Zealand Te Pap Tongarewa have announced the repatriation of a Moriori jawbone. Manchester Museum has been responsible for the ancestral remains since the 1890s but has been actively returning indigenous remains to their communities of origin since 2004. Written on the inside of the jawbone is ‘Chatham Isles….
Manchester After Hours returns on Thursday 18 May as the city’s arts and music scene comes alive in the evening. The annual event, part of the UK wide Museums at Night, will witness 15 original, largely free events. The line up is set to include gigs on wheels, video installations projected onto landmark aircraft and…
A series of Kashmir inspired paintings including new work by Raqib Shaw will be displayed at The Whitworth. The collection will include renaissance drawings, sculptures, textiles and limited-edition wallpaper. The exhibition will take the form of an installation, drawing on influences of renaissance and baroque imagery, combined with theatrical extravagance, nature and poetry, to echo…
Manchester Museum, has commissioned a gallery installation by Syrian-born artist Zahed Taj-Eddin, which reflects on the Museum’s world-class Egyptology collection – Shabtis: Suspended Truth at Manchester Museum Shabtis: Suspended Truth at Manchester Museum The commission, a response to the current political debate on the subject of migration, places a multitude of his faience ceramic ‘Nu’ Shabti…
