whitworth art gallery
Woman’s work: Mary Kelly at the Whitworth
From the dawn of women’s lib to the present day, Mary Kelly continues to challenge preconceptions
Do look now.
It’s easy enough to talk about death in contemporary art, yet birth is still surrounded by taboos. Why should that be? asks Emily Morris, inspired by contemporary art collection Birth Rites
Norse to see you.
Any ideas our man Matthew Hull might have had of introducing the NICE Festival of Nordic Arts with a cheap joke about a Viking invasion of the North West was immediately deflated once the Director imparted his name…
Blog: Event radar 11 November.
This week, Frank Sidebottom returns to Salford, Public Enemy is captured on camera at The Art Corner, Elvis Costello and friends donate secret artworks, the Whitworth warms up for Annie Mac, and Amazonian adventurers are let loose in Manchester Museum.
Video: The Land Between Us at The Whitworth
Black Audio Film Collective, Rachel Whiteread, JMW Turner, Olafur Eliasson: Whitworth Art Gallery curator Mary Griffiths describes why she decided to place such disparate artists cheek-by-jowl in the gallery’s latest show – in this, our exclusive vodcast
Ones to Watch: Naomi Kashiwagi
The Manchester-based performance artist kicks off our new series on up-and-coming cultural folk – and performs with Warehouse Project DJ Matthew Krysko as part of Saturday’s Manchester Weekender
Across the borderline.
Jessica Lack muses on landscape, Ballard & 1980s riots as The Land Between Us opens at the Whitworth.
Audioboo: Jonathan Schofield talks to Whitworth curator Mary Griffiths
As curator Mary Griffiths prepares for the Whitworth’s latest blockbuster exhibition – The Land Between Us, opening this weekend – she takes five minutes to talk forests, riots and the devil with Jonathan Schofield
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Outsider art
Artists Ford Madox Brown and Adolphe Valette were two visitors to the city who made a lasting impression on Manchester. Jessica Lack investigates.... More -
Old traditions, new blood
A flurry of new arrivals, relocations, and enticing performances add up to an embarrassment of riches for classical music lovers in Manchester, Femke Colborne finds.... More -
Drawing outside the lines
Ben Luke gets a first look at Asia Triennial Manchester 2011 and the Whitworth’s Dark Matters, two exhibitions in which art does no less than transcend borders and conquer time.... More -
Fest in show
While the Weekender brings together the best of Manchester over three days, it wouldn’t exist without four of the amazing annual festivals that arrive in the city each October. Matthew Hull takes a closer look at their programmes... More
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