Exhibitions in Manchester and the North

Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, online, 25–31 July 2020, free entry - Find Out More

The show goes on! In spite of… you know what. This year’s edition of the award-winning GNCCF moves online, exhibiting unique work from a handpicked selection of 160 makers.

And Say the Animal Responded? at FACT, City Centre, 12 August–13 December 2020, free entry - Find Out More

FACT reopens its galleries to the public with ‘And Say the Animal Responded?’ – a new exhibition that offers a fascinating window into the lives of the other animals that form part of Earth’s total population.

DigiFest / Manchester Histories Festival 2020 – Online, 4–5 September 2020, free entry - Find Out More

Manchester Histories launches DigiFest – an online version of this year’s festival, which marks the 50^th anniversary of a landmark act that recognised and granted rights to people with disabilities.

BAM Online, online, Until 31 October 2020, free entry - Visit now

BAM Online brings you closer to many of the most loved works within Bury Art Museum’s collection whilst its doors are closed.

Posters from the civil rights era – an online exhibition, online, Until 30 June 2021, free entry - Visit now

The Working Class Movement Library in Salford presents an online exhibition of powerful posters made by young activists fighting for civil rights in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

The Degree Show on Mars, online, Until 31 August 2020, free entry - Visit now

Dust of your space helmets and prepare for take-off. Graduating art students from Liverpool John Moores University present a multiverse exhibition responding to the many challenges we are currently facing back on Earth.

The Gardener Digs in Another Time – Online, online, Until 1 May 2021, free entry - Visit now

the Whitworth in Manchester invites you to step into the garden as subject with an online version of its 2016 exhibition, The Gardener Digs in Another Time.

WEB/SITE, online, Until 31 August 2020, free entry - Visit now

Site Gallery presents WEB/SITE – an online programme of events and activity engaging with contemporary artists and ideas.

The Living Planet – Online at FACT, Liverpool, online, Until 31 March 2021, free entry - Visit now

FACT’s year-long programme, The Living Planet, seems even more timely than first imagined – and has been created for people to interact with and enjoy remotely for free online.

What it is to be here: Colonisation and Resistance – Online at The Portico Library, online, Until 27 July 2020, free entry - Visit now

The Portico Library marks 250 years since British explorer James Cook first landed on the shores of what we now call Australia with an online exhibition that explores the history of violence and resistance that followed.

Bill Brandt / Henry Moore, online, Until 31 August 2020 - Book now

The Hepworth Wakefield is currently closed due to the ongoing situation with Coronavirus, however, its major exhibition bringing together over 200 works by Bill Brandt and Henry Moore can still be enjoyed online!

Rock Against Racism, online, Until 31 August 2020, free entry - Visit now

Gallery Oldham presents a nationally touring exhibition of photographs by Yorkshire-born Syd Shelton capturing the legendary Rock Against Racism movement.

Wake Up Together, online, Until 31 August 2020, free entry - Visit now

Travel back in time and explore a VR-edition of Open Eye Gallery’s hugely popular 2018-19 exhibition, ‘Wake Up Together’, featuring work by Ren Hang and Robin Hammond; two artists who both champion the rights of every person to love who they want and respectfully live as they wish.

Abel Rodríguez, online, Until 31 August 2020, free entry - Visit now

Travel to the depths of the South American rainforest with a visit to Abel Rordriguez’s first solo exhibition, presented online at BALTIC Plus.

New digital experiences for 2020 at People’s History Museum, City Centre, Until 23 December 2020, free entry - Visit now

Manchester Craft and Design Centre: Craft at Home at Manchester Craft & Design Centre, Manchester and online, Until 31 August 2020, free entry - Visit now

‘Craft at Home’ is a new online space where you can continue to support Manchester Craft & Design Centre’s resident makers, pick-up bespoke gifts, and get busy with bee-related craft.

Judy Chicago, online, Until 31 August 2020, free entry - Visit now

One of the most important feminist artists of the last half-century, Judy Chicago’s first major survey exhibition in the UK, staged at BALTIC in Gateshead, can now be visited online.