Welcome to Friends of the Whitworth

Introduction

The Whitworth Art Gallery is a special place packed with wonderful works of art, which seeks to embody three key values: intelligence, accessibility and quirkiness. The Friends try to do the same.

For over seventy years the Friends have supported the Gallery and have helped them to purchase more than a thousand new works of art to add to the collection. They also fund special projects including children’s workshops and informal Sunday concerts.

Explore this site to learn more about the Friends; the news page has a collection of recent reports and details of Friends’ activities while the photo gallery shows the variety of trips and excursions that are available to members. Friends play a vital role at the Whitworth Art Gallery - join us today!

News Headlines

C17th Mosque, Esfahan, Iran

Nottingham Contemporary, Art Gallery

2010 06 09 David O'Connor, Church Leigh, Staffs. Stained Glass Study Day

The Ashmolean via Gauguin's South Seas & The Whispering Gallery

January 2011 Visit London with 'Friends' for a three night stay.

Including Diaghilev & the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes (pictured) at the V & A

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Kendal and Lancaster Day

Day out in Kendal and Lancaster

It was an early start for the Friends from Cheshire, as they left Handforth Dean at 7.45am to travel north to Kendal, where Abbot Hall’s high standard of curating was maintained in an exhibition of unusually spare paintings by LS Lowry, as well as a beautiful selection of works for the St Ives School.

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In memory of Pat Higginbotham

Artist and Friend

The Friends of the Whitworth mourn the death of Pat Higginbotham on 17th June 2010.

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