Manchester Art Gallery

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Manchester City Galleries

Manchester City Galleries forms part of Manchester City Council's Cultural Directorate, which also includes Cultural Strategy and the Renaissance in the Regions North West programme.

Manchester City Galleries operates four venues in and around the city:

• Manchester Art Gallery
• Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall
• Heaton Hall
• Wythenshawe Hall

We care for the city's internationally renowned and Designated collections of fine art, decorative art and costume, as well as the City's war memorials and public art.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery is one of the region's most popular cultural destinations, attracting over 400,000 visits each year. Between 1998 and 2002, a £35million refurbishment and expansion programme transformed the venue into a world-class gallery for Manchester. Since then, Manchester Art Gallery has won many awards and has developed a national reputation for its high quality, audience focused services.

Manchester Art Gallery houses many of the city's most important fine and decorative art works, which have been Designated as being of national importance. Our collection covers over six centuries up to the present day, but we are especially renowned for our 19th century British paintings. Particular visitor favourites include our collection of major

Pre-Raphaelite

works and the impressionistic paintings of

Adolphe Valette

.

Visitors can also enjoy a diverse programme of changing exhibitions, ranging from historic to cutting edge contemporary art, photography, design, decorative art and family friendly exhibitions.

represented artists

Francis Bacon      Richard Deacon      Thomas Demand      Lucian Freud      Alex Hartley      Mona Hatoum      David Hockney      Craigie Horsfield

Henry Moore      Ben Nicholson      Gabriel Orozco      Tony Oursler      Steven Pippin      Alison Wilding