Mcr Art Gallery Friends and Patrons

Our Friends help to extend the power of art in Manchester. Join us and you'll never be stuck for something interesting to do.

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[MetroPolis @mcrmetropolis]

Can't wait for the @ESRC #FestivalofSocialScience2023 Uncertain Futures event @mcrartgallery 🎇

Such an important project challenging the inequalities facing older women in Manchester in relation to work, both paid and unpaid.

A research report & documentary will be launched 🚀

[The Manchester Contemporary @McrContemporary]

Just a reminder of how awesome last year's fair was and exactly why you can't miss TMC23 this weekend! Book your tickets here https://t.co/lZDIHLjcty

[The Manchester Contemporary @McrContemporary]

Exhibiting for the first time at The Manchester Contemporary @trastero_109 is an independent project set up by two painters from Palma De Mallorca: Jose Fiol and Tomas Piza. Tickets available at https://t.co/lZDIHLjcty

[Mcr Art Gallery Friends and Patrons @MAGfriends]

Ready to shape Manchester's cultural scene for the next decade? 🎉🏛️✨

You can help create a vibrant, inclusive, and exciting cultural plan for our city.

Share your thoughts in this quick survey: https://t.co/bNhfBQFszX

#StartWithASpark

[Mcr Art Gallery Friends and Patrons @MAGfriends]

Our gallery shop will be hosting a Christmas Market at the gallery in December, in collaboration with A Great Find MCR!
Submissions are now open for local makers and artists, see below photo for more details:

[Mcr Art Gallery Friends and Patrons @MAGfriends]

As August marks the start of our 200th anniversary, @patkelleher uncovers the history of the three Manchester men who founded the Society of Manchester Artists
https://t.co/yED0p9Rxni

[ManchesterHist @McrHistory]

Schoolboys listen attentively during a visit to Manchester Art Gallery, 1937 @mcrartgallery

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is joyful fashion in art for @mcrartgallery’s Unpicking Couture exhibition #DressForJoy

Find inspiration with paintings featuring dresses: https://t.co/4ezRBRkJAz

👨‍🎨 Bartholomew Dandridge

📸 Manchester Art Gallery

[Andrea Maggiolo @andremaggio]

A Chelsea Cup-Tie

1923

Charles Ernest Cundall

Manchester Art Gallery

[ocyn @xherocyn]

Hylas and the Nymphs, John William Waterhouse

Date: 1896
Style: Romanticism
Genre: mythological painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Dimensions: 91 x 152 cm

#art #painting #iweb3

[Catherine Curzon @MadameGilflurt]

Let's have a #fashionhistory greatest hit! Detail of a #frockingfabulous court suit worn by Sir John Thomas Stanley, 6th Baronet, c.1770-1785. Via Manchester Art Gallery.

[the Whitworth @WhitworthArt]

THIS THURSDAY: Join us for the opening of the first major exhibition of the Whitworth’s outstanding Dürer collection in over half a century.

Albrecht Dürer’s material world
✨Thursday 13 July
✨6pm – 8pm
✨ The Whitworth
👉🏽 https://t.co/nYu6BLZqxj

#AlbrechtDürer
#TheWhitworth

[John Constable @JohnConstableRA]

Oak Trees in Sherwood Forest by Andrew McCallum 1877
Oil on Canvas
(Manchester Art Gallery)

[hugh winterbottom @hughwinterbott1]

sketching Manchester Art Gallery on Tuesday evening. It was nice to be out in the cool of the evening. Breaking the gallery down into its basic shapes and textures was an interesting experience. It definitely has a Greek feel about it. will look forward to creating the painting

[The Manchester Contemporary @McrContemporary]

We are delighted to announce that The Manchester Contemporary Art Fund will triple in size in 2023 providing Manchester Art Gallery with over £20k to acquire new works in celebration of its 200th anniversary of collecting. https://t.co/SJ9xUOgq0m

[Mcr Art Gallery Friends and Patrons @MAGfriends]

Our Visitor Team member @patkelleher looks at the history of Manchester time in relation to the collection in the newest MAGnet blog post: https://t.co/zNaXRESxc0

[MAGcurators @MAGcurators]

Busy installing our new display owning next week https://t.co/yOAlYCX2TP

[Mcr Art Gallery Friends and Patrons @MAGfriends]

Have you checked out our new instagram page MAG Inspired?
The page is ran by our wonderful Visitor Services team and showcases your artworks relating to the gallery! Just send them a message to share your artwork 🖼️

https://t.co/JCjrOdZegQ

[Mcr Art Gallery Friends and Patrons @MAGfriends]

A big thank you to our Friends volunteers, who we couldn’t host our tours and zoom art talks without! Happy #VolunteersWeek

[Mcr Art Gallery Friends and Patrons @MAGfriends]

@mcrartgallery’s security hasn’t always been as strict as it is today; read about some historic art robberies in our latest blog post by @patkelleher

🖼️:Peasant Girl by Jean-Francois Millet

https://t.co/yxA2fGPBPc