by our exhibitions and the collection.
Exhibitions
Catch what's new in our changing programme of exhibitions to suit all interests.
ARTIST ROOMS Ron Mueck
Ron Mueck's hyper-real sculptures of the human figure are tender portrayals of people in their most intimate, isolated and vulnerable moments. This exhibition features three of his remarkable, out of scale sculptures: Wild Man, 2005; Spooning Couple, 2005; and Mask III, 2005.
Fantasies, Follies and Disasters: The Prints of Francisco de Goya
Discover Goya's extraordinary use of imagination, wit and satire in this exhibition of around 30 rarely-displayed prints from our collections.
Visual Dialogues: Disasters of War
See the Chapman Brothers' gruesome sculpture Disasters of War alongside the Goya etchings that inspired it.
Facing East: Recent Works from China, India and Japan from the Frank Cohen Collection
Prepare to be amazed by ten rarely-shown works by current and future global art stars from China, India and Japan. Facing East is a wondrous exhibition featuring outstanding contemporary paintings and sculptures drawn from one of the largest and most important, privately held contemporary art collections in the UK today.
A World Observed 1940 - 2010: Photographs by Dorothy Bohm
This is the first comprehensive retrospective tracing one exceptional woman's career across six decades and several continents.
Women Like You
Charlotte Newson’s photo-mosaic portrait of Manchester suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst is formed from thousands of images of other inspirational women, supplied by people around the world.
Quarantine: The Soldier's Song
You’re invited to sing a karaoke duet with a soldier.
This quietly provocative installation was made by the Manchester-based Quarantine theatre company over an 18 month period with currently serving soldiers.
Design for Life
Lighting created by young people from across Manchester together with lighting designer Daniel Davis James.
We Came, We Saw, We Ventured
Drawing, textiles and mixed-media artworks inspired by the gallery and our collections, created by people with learning disabilities.
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