Urbis was renowned for doing things differently, and tackling subjects that you wouldn’t normally find housed between the pristine walls of a gallery space. In doing so, Urbis was always perfectly poised to capture the spirit of the times, and be bang on trend….
We also ran events alongside many of our exhibitions. Visit our events section to get a flavour of these.
Relive some of those halcyon moments, and browse through Urbis’ exhibition archive, below….
2004
- The Peter Saville Show: 23 January – 18 April 2004
- Futuresonic04: 28 April – 8 May 2004
- DTroit: 20 May – 18 July 2004
- Ill Communication II: 30 July – 31 October 2004
- Manchester 24: 11 November 2004 – 4 January 2005
2005
- SuperCity: 20 January -15 May 2005
- Punk: Sex, Seditionaries and the Sex Pistols: 27 May to 11 September 2005
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Icons: the photography of Mick Rock: 29 September – 8 January 2006
2006
- British Art Show 6: 28 January – 2 April 2006
- Little Black Dress: 8 April – 21 May 2006
- D&AD Exhibition: 27 May – 2 July 2006
- Every Cloud: Ten Years after the Manchester Bomb: 15 June – 18 March 2007
- 0161 Manchester: 15 July – 8 October 2006
- The China Show: 21 October – 7 January 2007
2007
- Play: Experience the adventure of our cities: 31 March – 16 September 2007
- Arrivals and Departures: New Art Perspectives of Hong Kong: 18 January – 8 July 2007
- The Best of Manchester 2007: June 28 – August 5 2007
- Haçienda 25 The Exhibition: fac 491: 19 July – 24 February 2008
- D&AD: The Best Advertising & Design in the World: 22 October – February 2008
- Catapult 07: 29 October – February 2008
2008
- How Manga Took Over the World: 13 March – 27 September 2008
- Matthew Williamson: 27 March – 21 September 2008
- Urban Gardening: 26 April – 7 September 2008
- The Best of Manchester 2008: 8 August – 27 September 2008
- Black Panther: Emory Douglas and the art of revolution: 30 October – 19 July 2009
- Reality Hack: Hidden Manchester: 2 December – 5 July 2009
2009
- State of the Art: New York: 6 April – 6 September 2009
- Videogame Nation: 14 May – 19 September 2009
- The Best of Manchester 2009: 24 July – 20 September 2009
- Home Grown: The Story of UK Hip Hop: 15 October – 27 February 2010
- Manchester, Television & the City: Ghosts of Winter Hill: 4 November – 27 February 2010
- Urbis has Left the Building: Six Years of the Best Exhibitions in Pop Culture: 21 January – 27 Feburary 2010
The Urbis Archive