Polly Checkland Harding

As part of the 40th anniversary of Yorkshire Scupture Park will be this exhibition of Ai Weiwei’s acclaimed 12 bronze animal heads – which have a particularly intriguing, and political, backstory.

Learn the skills necessary to survive and savour life at the possible collapse for civilisation from ‘the most innovative theatre company in Britain’ (Guardian).

Discover a menu designed for the end of days by acclaimed Manchester chef Mary-Ellen McTague at this series of last suppers in a secret location

Presenting 11 paintings, prints and reliefs, this exhibition spans more than six decades of Ellsworth Kelly’s career.

The first UK solo exhibition by photographer, screenwriter and filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala – organised as part of New North and South, a network of 11 arts organisations from across the North of England and South Asia.

A free new display made up of works by towering post-war American artists including Mark Rothko, Hedda Sterne and Andy Warhol.

This pioneering contemporary visual art group exhibition takes the artistic and socio-cultural movement La Movida (literally “the movement”) of post-Franco Spain as its thematic heart.

‘Ideas of reality are only a matter of belief.’ This exhibition showcases five artists who all make work reflecting on the shifting boundaries between truth, illusion and authenticity.

French & Mottershead present two pieces from their Afterlife series of immersive digital artworks that transport the listener via intimate stories through the body’s decomposition after death. Free entry

For this solo exhibition, Tracey Eastham has created a new body of work based on the ancient fable of the Tower of Babel.

A fascinating exhibition of painting, illustration, photography, film, animation and music born of the Syrian uprising.

Last in the series of film events showcasing Manchester’s Spirit of Friendship, PR IN SPAIN will explore both the evolution of Paul Robeson’s Working Class Consciousness in Manchester and his role as (glocal) historian of the Spanish Civil War.