Tickets for the Manchester Open are now available!
Plan ahead and book your free ticket to receive priority entry to the exhibition. Your ticket provides entry to the exhibition at any point during your allocated day. Our gallery space is open Tue – Sat 12:00 – 20:00 and Sun 12:00 – 18:00.
The winners of the Manchester Open Awards have now been announced, click here to find out more.
Taking place every two years, the Open Exhibition is the biggest celebration of Greater Manchester’s creative talent. Between Sat 3 Feb and Sun 28 Apr 2024, the HOME Gallery walls will be filled with 480 artworks created by you, selected by a panel consisting of art experts and community representatives.
Open to all, those who already identify as artists and those who don’t, the Manchester Open brings together artwork including paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, ceramics, digital and mixed media, video, audio and more.
Now in its third iteration, we welcome entries from people of any level of experience, background, including established professionals, students, graduates, new and emerging talent, enthusiastic amateurs and first-time artists.
We are delighted to once again be working with Castlefield Gallery on the selection of this year’s Manchester Open Awards. Three artists will be awarded with artist development packages managed by Castlefield Gallery and HOME. In addition, a fourth artist will receive the HOME award for a solo exhibition in HOME’s Granada Foundation Galleries, which will include in kind support and one-to-one mentoring. As always, the People’s Prize will return, giving our gallery visitors the opportunity to vote for their favourite artwork.
Download the Manchester Open 2024 Gallery Guide
Download the LARGE PRINT Manchester Open Gallery Guide 2024
The Manchester Open 2024 is supported by the Oglesby Charitable Trust, the Brian Mercer Trust and The Granada Foundation. For Manchester Open 2024 sponsorship opportunities only, please contact the Development team: development@homemcr.org. If you have any other queries please contact manchesteropen@homemcr.org.
HOME would like to give special thanks in memory of the late Kate Vokes, Chair of the Oglesby Charitable Trust, for her contribution as a judge and champion of the Manchester Open exhibitions. Kate had been a keen supporter of HOME since our inception, and most recently as a judge, she dedicated many hours to the careful consideration and shortlisting of submitted artworks, playing a key role in selections from 2020 to 2024.
REMOVED ARTWORKS
On Wed 3 Apr, a number of exhibiting artists removed their work from the Manchester Open 2024 exhibition. This action was taken in protest against the cancellation of the event Voice of Resilience. This event has now been reinstated, please read our statement here.
Help celebrate Manchester artists
The Manchester Open is made possible through the generosity of visitors like you. Please donate today to support and celebrate creativity in Greater Manchester. You can donate here
Illustration designed by Short Supply.
Manchester Open 2024
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Presented by Lucy FollonManchester Open 2024 Education Tours
Join Lucy, HOME’s Creative Development Practitioner; Visual Art, for a group tour of the Manchester Open.
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Manchester Open 2024: Relaxed Viewing Hours
HOME will be offering Relaxed Opening Hours for the first time during this year’s Manchester Open 2024 Exhibition.
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Manchester Open: Short Supply Artist Sessions
In this series of sessions created for HOME, Short Supply will support Manchester Open and regional artists on their own creative journey from goal to…
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Manchester Open Door Tours
Unfortunately, the Manchester Open Door Tours are cancelled.
