Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer

Joyce Ridings: A Retrospective

Having established herself as one of the North West’s leading fashion designers, Joyce Ridings has been chosen by Manchester City Galleries to display a selection of her clothes and designs at the newly refurbished Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall.

Fantasies, Follies and Disasters: The Prints of Francisco de Goya

A World Observed 1940 – 2010: Photographs by Dorothy Bohm

Andrew Bracey: Animalation

Fantasies, Follies and Disasters: The Prints of Francisco de Goya

Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism

26 September 2009 – 10 January 2010 Manchester Art Gallery Tickets: £6 (concessions £4, free entry for under 18s and Manchester Art Gallery Friends)

The Sting of Passion : International Jewellery Artists Respond to the Pre-Raphaelite Collection

11 July – 25 October 2009 Manchester Art Gallery Free entry

What Are You Like? Self-revealing artworks by people in the public eye

4 July – 31 August 2009 Manchester Art Gallery Free entry

Art Treasures in Manchester: 150 years on

6 Oct 2007 – 27 Jan 2008