Events
Being a Friend of Manchester Art Gallery gives you access to a fantastic programme of events. With membership starting from as little as £2 a month, you’ll never be stuck for something interesting to do – without it costing you a fortune.
Please check the calendar below future events.
To book, please contact Leila Aitken:
Tel: 0161 235 8814
Email: friends@manchester.gov.uk
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FRIEND
Thursday 5 November 2009, 7 - 8.30pm
Jake Chapman in conversation with Tim Marlow
Jake Chapman is one half of the famous duo Jake and Dinos Chapman. They have consistently rocked the art world with their outrageous works. Always experimental and constantly pushing the boundaries of contemporary art, they rose to prominence in the early 1990s as part of the Young British Artist (YBA) movement. To coincide with the presentation of their seminal installation The Disasters of War at Manchester Art Gallery which will be juxtaposed with a selection of etchings by Francisco de Goya, Jake has taken time out of his hectic schedule to speak with Tim Marlow about the influence of Goya on their work.
Tim Marlow is a highly respected writer, broadcaster, art historian and Director of Exhibitions at White Cube in London. He is also well-known for presenting on the BBC World Service and for his numerous art programmes on Channel 5.
This talk will be followed by a book signing by Jake Chapman and a DVD signing by Tim Marlow.
Cost: £12 - includes refreshments
Doors open: 6.15pm for drinks
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BEST FRIEND
Friday 20 November 2009, 2pm – 4pm
Salvaged! An insight into conservation at Manchester Art Gallery
As a supporter of Manchester Art Gallery, part of your Friends subscription enables us to carry out vital conservation work on artworks from our extensive collection. We are pleased to host a special event for Best Friends at our Conservation Studios at Queen’s Park. You’ll be able to witness our conservation work in action and to hear about our latest projects by our conservation experts.
£15 – includes transport to Queens Park from Manchester Art Gallery.
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FRIEND
Saturday 12 December 2009, 9.30am – 6pm (includes travel time)
Damien Hirst and Old Masters at the Wallace Collection, London
Join one of Manchester Art Gallery’s senior curators on a visit to the famous Wallace Collection, a national museum in an historic London town house. In the morning, you will be given a guided tour of the permanent collection which presents unsurpassed displays of French 18th century painting, furniture and porcelain together with superb Old Master paintings. In the afternoon, we will be viewing Damien Hirst: The Blue Paintings, an exhibition of 25 new paintings by Hirst hosted by the Wallace Collection. The Blue Paintings bear witness to a bold new direction in his work and will create a dramatic visual dialogue with the works of art displayed in the adjacent sumptuous rooms.
Cost: £50 – includes all travel within London and exhibition tours.
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FRIEND
Saturday 16 January 2010, 2 – 4pm
Pre-Raphaelites, Sex and Death
Join us for an enlightening talk by Franny Moyle, television producer and author of Desperate Romantics: the Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites. Come to the lecture room to hear her speak about the bohemian lifestyle of the Pre-Raphaelite artists which crossed 19th century barriers of class and shockingly bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes.
Cost: £10 – includes refreshments.
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COLLECTORS CIRCLE TASTER EVENT (open to Best Friends and Patrons)
Thursday 4 February 2010, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Frank Cohen and curator David Thorp in conversation with journalist Louisa Buck
Included every year in ARTnews magazine's 'The World's Top 200 Collectors' list, retail entrepeneur Frank Cohen is arguably the most important art colector in the North West. To coincide with our exhibition of selected works from his collection, he will talk about the show and his passion for collecting. Louisa Buck is a well-known writer and broadcaster on contemporary art for the BBC and The Art Newspaper, and was a jurist for the 2005 Turner Art Prize. David Thorp, previously Director of the South London Gallery, is also an independent curator who has always worked with living artists at the forefront of experimental visual culture.
Cost: £12 – includes refreshments.
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FRIEND
Thursday 18 February 2010, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Art Dealer Anthony d'Offay in conversation with Keith Hartley, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
In January 2010, Manchester Art Gallery will present part of ARTIST ROOMS, a prestigious new collection of international contemporary art which was gifted in 2008 to the nation by Anthony d'Offay, one of the most important and influential art dealers of our time. This gift of over 725 works by seminal artists is one of the largest ever made to museums in Britian and is jointly managed and cared for by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Join us to hear Anthony d'Offay and Keith Hartley, Deputy Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art speaking about the gift and our ARTISTS ROOMS exhibition.
£12 – includes refreshments.
All events are held at Manchester Art Gallery, unless stated.
