Gallery announcements

What's new, what's changed, what's coming soon. Before you visit, check here for news of changes to the displays.

Historic galleries

Visitor favourites Cheetah and Stag by George Stubbs and Pompeo Battoni's dashing portrait of Sir Gregory Page-Turner are now back on display in the 18th century galleries.

In the Pre-Raphaelite galleries, Victory O Lord by Sir John Everett Millais takes the place of William Holman-Hunt's The Shadow of Death.

In Gallery 16 there is a selection of works purchased through the Contemporary Art Society Special Collection Scheme from which the Gallery benefited from 1998-2004. This scheme was supported with funds from the Arts Council Lottery and Manchester City Galleries Corporate Patrons. With one exception, all are on display at the Gallery for the first time.

They include Object that fell from the White Cliffs of Dover by Cheshire-born artist and Turner Prize finalist Cornelia Parker; 3 images of sea creatures by internationally renowned British artist Craigie Horsfield from his Irresponsible Drawings series of 2003; a surreal photographic collage by British sculptor Richard Deacon; a colour photograph by Welsh-born Peter Fraser who was short-listed for the Citybank photography prize in 2004: and a ceramic work by celebrated German artist Thomas Schutte whose architectural model was installed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, last year.

Gallery of Craft and Design

Manchester born Ndidi Ekubia is a rising star of the silversmithing world. She makes curving sculptural forms in base metal and silver and loves to experiment. See her work on display from 29 June 2009 to 17 May 2010.

Making It in Manchester

Mensa tables designed and made by Lazerian

Lazerian is a young design studio based in Denton that makes funky furniture, lighting and accessories. Their designs have received attention from the national and international design press and Channel 4's George Clarke. You can see a display of some of their work in the Manchester Gallery from 24th November 2009.

Visit www.lazerian.co.uk to find out more about their work.

Contact us

Simply Read (detail) by Nathan Carter, 2007

If you are coming to the Gallery to see a particular favourite, do please check these pages or contact us to make sure it is on display:

Tel: 0161 235 8888

We make changes to the displays when works of art are loaned out to other museums and galleries, or when we want to make room to show you something new.

This page was last updated 23 Jan 2009