News & Articles
News & Articles
Free daily Highlight Tours
by Joan Gem - Wednesday 29th November, 2023
Highlights Tours Tuesday to Sunday 2-2.45pm* FREE, no need to book Get an insight into our history, architecture, and park as well as a more detailed look...
Student Symposium
by Ella O'Sullivan - Wednesday 15th November, 2023
The art history student symposium held at the Whitworth Gallery on 15 November featured a diverse and dynamic collection of presentations, which were conducted by passionate individuals with very...
Glasgow Tour October 2023
by Joan Gem - Thursday 26th October, 2023
Thank you very much for another excellent tour. We greatly enjoyed visiting the galleries and houses. We were impressed by those designed by Mackintosh and his wife Margaret...
Christmas Cards 2023
by Anne Mackinnon - Tuesday 24th October, 2023
It's coming up to Christmas again and you may be thinking about purchasing your cards. If so, we have three designs from previous years which you may not...
Look Club
by Anne Mackinnon - Thursday 19th October, 2023
On Thursday 19th October the Friends of the Whitworth (Fow) and the Student Friends from the Art History Dept. of Manchester University held another very interesting Look Club at The...
Tree of Jesse Altar Cloth
by Susan Jenkins - Wednesday 4th October, 2023
Dr Anne Kirkham talking to FOW Tuesday Team Thank you so much for your talk on the Tree of Jesse Altar cloth - fascinating! Personally I felt this...
Albrecht Dürer’s material world:
by Riana Shah - Sunday 3rd September, 2023
Albrecht Dürer’s material world: How to make an exhibition Albrecht Dürer was one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance, and made significant impact...
Thank you Gill.
by Anne Mackinnon - Tuesday 25th July, 2023
Gill Crook has been editing Perspective, our newsletter, for as long as we can remember. It even won an award from the British Association of Friends of...
Iconic Berlin
by Jennie Banfield - Tuesday 11th July, 2023
A group of Friends recently went on tour to Berlin, a city that takes art and cultural history seriously. With our excellent tour guide, Berliner Tim Schmutzler...
An Afternoon to Remember
by Jennie Banfield - Monday 10th July, 2023
In June, nearly 30 new members came to the first New Members event since the pandemic. Arranged by the gallery and curatorial staff, it was a wonderful...
Student Friends
by Anne Kirkham - Thursday 18th May, 2023
The Importance of Our Student Friends If there is one task as important to FOW as helping the Gallery in the here and now – acquiring a work,...
Friends’ Study Tour - 19 to 24 June, 2023
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 22th February, 2023
Bookings are now being taken for this 5 night tour to Berlin, with a day in nearby Potsdam. The tour will be led by German-born local guide and...
A Triumphant Night at the Whitworth
by Tricia Tierney - Saturday 18th February, 2023
It is hard to remember a more wonderful evening at the Whitworth. In the candle-lit Grand Hall (electric candles, we hasten to say!) the I Trionfi Quintet- a...
Friends' Summer tour to Berlin and Beyond
by Mike Tierney - Tuesday 24th January, 2023
Following our very successful pre-Christmas tour to Cologne and Dusseldorf, the Friends are planning our study tours for 2023. In early Summer, we are arranging a...
Coming Soon- Our Annual General Meeting
by TriciaTierney - Saturday 7th January, 2023
An Annual General Meeting? It doesn't sound like the most exciting event you will attend in 2023. We hope it isn't, not least because the Friends of...
Friends on Tour: Cologne and Düsseldorf
by Mike Tierney - Sunday 4th December, 2022
What a great tour! A group of Friends have just returned from a thoroughly enjoyable week in Cologne and Düsseldorf. Led by the excellent art historian, Nirvana...
Free daily Highlight Tours
by Joan Gem - Wednesday 29th November, 2023
Highlights Tours Tuesday to Sunday 2-2.45pm* FREE, no need to book Get an insight into our history, architecture, and park as well as a more detailed look...
Student Symposium
by Ella O'Sullivan - Wednesday 15th November, 2023
The art history student symposium held at the Whitworth Gallery on 15 November featured a diverse and dynamic collection of presentations, which were conducted by passionate individuals with very...
Glasgow Tour October 2023
by Joan Gem - Thursday 26th October, 2023
Thank you very much for another excellent tour. We greatly enjoyed visiting the galleries and houses. We were impressed by those designed by Mackintosh and his wife Margaret...
Christmas Cards 2023
by Anne Mackinnon - Tuesday 24th October, 2023
It's coming up to Christmas again and you may be thinking about purchasing your cards. If so, we have three designs from previous years which you may not...
Look Club
by Anne Mackinnon - Thursday 19th October, 2023
On Thursday 19th October the Friends of the Whitworth (Fow) and the Student Friends from the Art History Dept. of Manchester University held another very interesting Look Club at The...
Tree of Jesse Altar Cloth
by Susan Jenkins - Wednesday 4th October, 2023
Dr Anne Kirkham talking to FOW Tuesday Team Thank you so much for your talk on the Tree of Jesse Altar cloth - fascinating! Personally I felt this...
Albrecht Dürer’s material world:
by Riana Shah - Sunday 3rd September, 2023
Albrecht Dürer’s material world: How to make an exhibition Albrecht Dürer was one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance, and made significant impact...
Thank you Gill.
by Anne Mackinnon - Tuesday 25th July, 2023
Gill Crook has been editing Perspective, our newsletter, for as long as we can remember. It even won an award from the British Association of Friends of...
Iconic Berlin
by Jennie Banfield - Tuesday 11th July, 2023
A group of Friends recently went on tour to Berlin, a city that takes art and cultural history seriously. With our excellent tour guide, Berliner Tim Schmutzler...
An Afternoon to Remember
by Jennie Banfield - Monday 10th July, 2023
In June, nearly 30 new members came to the first New Members event since the pandemic. Arranged by the gallery and curatorial staff, it was a wonderful...
Student Friends
by Anne Kirkham - Thursday 18th May, 2023
The Importance of Our Student Friends If there is one task as important to FOW as helping the Gallery in the here and now – acquiring a work,...
Friends’ Study Tour - 19 to 24 June, 2023
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 22th February, 2023
Bookings are now being taken for this 5 night tour to Berlin, with a day in nearby Potsdam. The tour will be led by German-born local guide and...
A Triumphant Night at the Whitworth
by Tricia Tierney - Saturday 18th February, 2023
It is hard to remember a more wonderful evening at the Whitworth. In the candle-lit Grand Hall (electric candles, we hasten to say!) the I Trionfi Quintet- a...
Friends' Summer tour to Berlin and Beyond
by Mike Tierney - Tuesday 24th January, 2023
Following our very successful pre-Christmas tour to Cologne and Dusseldorf, the Friends are planning our study tours for 2023. In early Summer, we are arranging a...
Coming Soon- Our Annual General Meeting
by TriciaTierney - Saturday 7th January, 2023
An Annual General Meeting? It doesn't sound like the most exciting event you will attend in 2023. We hope it isn't, not least because the Friends of...
Friends on Tour: Cologne and Düsseldorf
by Mike Tierney - Sunday 4th December, 2022
What a great tour! A group of Friends have just returned from a thoroughly enjoyable week in Cologne and Düsseldorf. Led by the excellent art historian, Nirvana...