exhibitions and events

Manchester Small Press Fair

Manchester Small Press Fair

Seesaw, Fly on the Wall Press and Manchester City of Literature present a weekend fair celebrating the city's independent publishing scene. Wheth...

TALKIN’BOUT 1976!

50 years since year zero for UK Punk & the Manchester connection... The summer of 1976 in Manchester was hot… very hot. And amid the bubbling...

Biblioteka Art Book Fair 2026

the modernist will be attending the Biblioteka Art Book Fair at the Warburg Institute 2nd Edition of Biblioteka Art Book Fair at the Warburg Ins...

Fitzrovia Modern at the London Festival of Architecture

Explore Fitzrovia in the company of Peter Halliday Part of London Festival of Architecture 2026 LFA 2026 13.06.26 13:00 — 15:00 We're delighted to...

Black Country Type II

Photographs by Tom Hicks 'a startling study of our fractured, crazy place' Robert Plant Book launch and exhibition closing : Thursday 28.05.26 from...

Commonplace

Photographs from Commonplace magazine Celebrating the beauty of the everyday, one modernist place at a time. Commonplace is a photographic magazine...

Here Where You Are Standing

Paintings by Peter James Houghton 09.01.26-28.02.26 at the modernist58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQopen 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday Peter...

Artists’ Bookmarket 2026

the modernist returns to the Artists' Bookmarket at the Fruitmarket gallery, Edinburgh. Saturday 14.02.26, 10am–6pm. Free Sunday 15.02.26, 10am–5p...

Modern Architecture in Models: from the B.15 Workshop Archive

Curated by Eamonn Canniffe and Scott Miller Private View - Thursday 30th October 6pm-8pm all welcome 31.10.25-24.12.25 at the modernist58 Port Str...

Bound Art Book Fair 2025

the modernist returns to the Bound Art Book Fair at the Whitworth Art Gallery. the modernist society will once again be exhibiting at the Bound Art...

Concrete at War

By Mark Wrigley Concrete at War is a photographic study documenting Britain's coastal wartime defences. These structures, built for purely function...

The Modernist Book Fair is back

This October, for the third year, the Modernist Book Fair returns to Vitsœ Mark your calendars for what promises to be an exciting celebration of m...

BRUTAL Bristol

Group exhibition BRUTAL Bristol is a collaborative exhibition that celebrates the power and geometry of Bristol's overlooked brutalist architecture...