While our new building continues to grow and shape up, and I’ve shown visitors to this blog tantalising images of our new galleries, promenades, and cafe, as well as glimpses of steelwork and muddy holes in the ground, much effort continues behind the scenes as all members of Whitworth staff prepare for our opening in October. This report comes from Head of Commercial Operations, Marcus Chase:

‘As the Whitworth Art Gallery continues the journey of major redevelopment, we will see new spaces become available along with changes to previously familiar ones. In particular, the transformation of the old cafe and shop spaces leading off the Entrance Hall will reveal an exciting new retail space for the Gallery. But what would we be stocking in that space and how would we go about deciding this?

During the period we have been closed, there have been many workshops for staff and a…