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The Whitworth is an art gallery in Manchester, England, containing over 60,000 items in its collection. The gallery is located in Whitworth Park and is part of the University of Manchester . In 2015, the Whitworth reopened after it was transformed by a £15 million capital redevelopment that doubled its exhibition spaces, restored period ...
Whitworth Park is a public park in south Manchester, England, and the location of the Whitworth Art Gallery. To the north are the University of Manchester's student residences known as "Toblerones". It was historically in Chorlton on Medlock but is now included in the Moss Side ward.
Whitworth Park, Manchester 1913 John Cassidy ... Broadfield Park, Rochdale: 1878 W. & T. Wills [62] John Bright: Broadfield Park, Rochdale 1891 Hamo Thornycroft
Oct. 2—From staff reports Kaimi Rocha, George Valle and Jo Ann Wagstaff will be inducted as the 34th class of the Whitworth Heritage Gallery Hall of Fame. Rocha started all 106 matches of her ...
The university's Whitworth Art Gallery (formerly the Whitworth Institute) and adjacent Whitworth Park were established as part of his bequest to Manchester after his death. Nearby Whitworth Park Halls of Residence also bears his name, as does Whitworth Street , one of the main streets in Manchester city centre , running from London Road to the ...
Reopening The Whitworth reopened on 14 February 2015, with over 18,000 people attending the new gallery in the first two days [35] to explore new exhibitions from Cornelia Parker and Cai Guo-Qiang. In just six weeks over 100,000 visitors had explored the new gallery in the park. [36] The new Whitworth was named RIBA NW building of the year in ...
The gallery was founded by Robert Darbishire with a donation from Sir Joseph Whitworth in 1889, as The Whitworth Institute and Park. In 1959, the gallery became part of the Victoria University of Manchester. [89] In October 1995, the Mezzanine Court in the centre of the building was opened.
There was an exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery called Tales of Power: West African Textiles, and a performance of the film Monsoon Wedding at Clwyd Theatr Cymru. The geographical range was from Cheshire in the south to Blackburn and Cumbria in the north, and included that year the various Melas that take place around the region.