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10
February
2015
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17:13
Europe/London

The Whitworth reopens on Valentine's Day

  • We’re delighted to welcome back the University’s gallery in the park on Saturday, 14 February.
  • We’ve put together a Valentine weekend’s worth of art, music, talks, walks, performance, literature, family fun and a fire and light show.

Visit our transformed art gallery from 14 February – and find out more via a number of BBC features.

We’re delighted to welcome back the University’s gallery in the park on Saturday, 14 February.

And to celebrate the gallery’s development – alongside ten opening exhibitions, new commissions indoors and out, and the remarkable achievements of MUMA (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects) – we’ve put together a Valentine weekend’s worth of art, music, talks, walks, performance, literature, family fun and a fire and light show.

Find out more about the weekend’s activities on .

The Whitworth on the BBC

You can tune in to the following BBC programmes to hear more about the reopening of our gallery:

(broadcasting on 13 February, 10pm, BBC Radio 3) – guests include Cornelia Parker OBE.

 (originally broadcast on 12 February, 7.15pm, BBC Radio 4) – the arts review show previews the Whitworth's reopening.

(broadcasting on 15 February, 7am, BBC Radio 6) – Mary Anne Hobbs celebrates the reopening of ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp's Whitworth Art Gallery with guests Professor Novoselov OBE and Cornelia.

You can also read more about the collaboration between Cornelia and Professor Novoselov in an interview on the , or watch their appearance on BBC Breakfast via  (from 2.02 onwards).