AT a glance guide to exhibitions from Friday, October 18 to Friday, October 25.
MANCHESTER
Manchester Art Gallery: World-famous Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite collection and new modern art galleries. Belgian artist Wim Delvoye's Gothic art with a twist plus gothic melamine bulldozers. Sense and Perception - abstract sculptures in textured clay by Felicity Aylieff. Imagine - interactive exhibition for children and families exploring books, art and stories in MEN Gallery (Mosley St, 0161 235 8888).
Whitworth Art Gallery: Ben Nicholson: Chasing Out Something alive. Drawings and painted reliefs from 1950-75 by one of Britain's most important 20th century artists (Oxford Rd, 0161 275 7450).
Blyth Gallery: Abstract paintings by Joyce Burgess and Tad Hallam (Amazon House, Brazil St, 0161 236 1004).
Castlefield Gallery: Terminal Frontiers - new digital work by Virtual Migrants Association exploring ideas of identity and state (Hewitt St, 0161 832 8034).
Cornerhouse: Air Guitar - art paying respects to the icons of the rock industry by artists who admire them (Oxford St, 0161 228 7621).
Cube: Fabrications: New art and Urban Memeory In Manchester - newly-commissioned art about architecture including work by Lubaina Himid and Adam Chodzko (Portland St, 0161 237 5525).
Portico Library and Gallery: The Assembly, exhibition and art prize involving work from school children from 16 Greater Manchester schools (Mosley Street, 0161 236 6803).
Richard Goodall Gallery: Light From Within - pictures taken by Linda McCartney charting more than 30 years (Thomas St, Northern Quarter, 0161 832 3435).
GREATER MANCHESTER
Astley Cheetham Gallery
: In Our Own Time - modern works, including Paolozzi and William Scott(Trinity St, Stalybridge, 0161 338 6767).
Bolton Art Gallery: Net:Work - 16 contemporary artists brought together by the internet (Le Mans Crescent, 01204 332211).
Bury Art Gallery: Turner and Schober: Two Creators of Light. First UK exhibition by German abstract painter Helmut Schober is set alongside works by JMW Turner from Bury collections and Tate (Moss St, 0161 253 5878).
Buxton Art Gallery: John Brokenshire and Emma Critchlow-Wigg's contrasting approaches to contemporary painting. (Terrace Road, 01298 24658).
Central Art Gallery, Ashton Under Lyne: Reading Kingdom - artist sophie Zadeh and a storyteller work with Tameside primary schools to create a magical installation. (Old Street, 0161 342 2650).
Cheshire Open Workshops: Last of three weekends where artists - in this case 11 of them - throw open their studios, tomorrow and Sunday. For information and directions visit www.artistsatwork.org.uk.
The Lowry: Bhupen Khakar: A Restrospective - first UK solo show of one of India's most significant and controversial artists. A Long Way From Home: A Painter's Journey - new work by Jagjit Chuhan celebrating Western and South Asian culture. Artworks, the interactive experience. (Salford Quays, 0161 876 2000).
Oldham Art Gallery: Charles Lees collection of watercolours (Greaves Street, 0161 911 4653).
Rochdale Touchstones Gallery: Middleton Impressionist Fred Jackson (Rochdale Esplanade, 01706 342154).
Salford City Art Gallery: Local artist Noreen Rawling's landscapes (Peel Park, 0161 736 2649).
Stockport Art Gallery: Stockport Express photographers have chance to show their skills (Wellington Rd South, 0161 474 4453).
Turnpike Centre, Leigh: Fine Lines - Maria Marshall's hypnotic large-scale video projections (Civic Square, 01942 404469).
Wigan Drumcroon Gallery: Something Borrowed - works from the Drumcroon collection (Parsons Walk, 01942 321840).
John McCombs' Gallery, Delph: Exhibition of people and Pennines (King St, 01457 87470).