Whose story? Whose voice?
Whose story? Whose voice?
Help us to help make a difference
Whose story? Whose voice?
Whose story? Whose voice?
Help us to help make a difference
Do you feel at home in art galleries?
Does what you see there feel comfortable, familiar or at least relevant?
Have you ever considered that for some people, none of this true?
Ashes: A collection of images from the video by Steve McQueen, 2002-2015 
Over the last few years, the Whitworth Gallery, like many other galleries and museums, has asked itself these questions, and begun to address some difficult truths:
- Relatively few women artists
- Even fewer artists of colour
- Some taken for granted, and not always accurate or helpful, assumptions as to how artists are described or works are displayed.
YES I WANNT TO DO TRRICKSSERS (detail): Barry Finan, 2016. Barry Finan is an artists working from Venture Arts, an award winning charity in Hulme, Manchester, which works with artists with learning disabilities. For more information about Venture Arts https://venturearts.org/
The Whitworth Gallery has a long history, and lots to be proud of, but a new millennium has led to questions about whose voices are being heard, whose stories are being told.
Bending: Raqs Media Collective, 2015, part of the Coronation Park Series, an image of power deposed.
The Friends of the Whitworth are proud that, thorough our support for the Gallery’s acquisition policy, we have been able to help the Director and curatorial team begin to fill some of the gaps so that what we see and experience in the Gallery spaces and programmes reflects the diversity of the community in which we live.
Uncle Tom's Cabin (detail): Wallpaper depicting scenes from the anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852, printed in Manchester
Take a look on this page at just a few of the works that we have helped the Whitworth acquire over the last few years and see what you think. Comments are welcome.
Le Serpent à Deux Têtes M'Inspira L'Idée D'Un symbole D"Etat D'Alliance; Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, 1923-2014, Côte D'Ivoire
If you are already a member of the Friends of the Whitworth, thank you for your support in making this possible. If you aren’t yet a member, but would like to help us, and the Whitworth Gallery, do more we would love to have you join us. Your subscription, £27 a year for single membership, £45 a year for double membership, can make a lot of difference.
Do you feel at home in art galleries?
Does what you see there feel comfortable, familiar or at least relevant?
Have you ever considered that for some people, none of this true?
Ashes: A collection of images from the video by Steve McQueen, 2002-2015
Over the last few years, the Whitworth Gallery, like many other galleries and museums, has asked itself these questions, and begun to address some difficult truths:
- Relatively few women artists
- Even fewer artists of colour
- Some taken for granted, and not always accurate or helpful, assumptions as to how artists are described or works are displayed.
YES I WANNT TO DO TRRICKSSERS (detail): Barry Finan, 2016. Barry Finan is an artists working from Venture Arts, an award winning charity in Hulme, Manchester, which works with artists with learning disabilities. For more information about Venture Arts https://venturearts.org/
The Whitworth Gallery has a long history, and lots to be proud of, but a new millennium has led to questions about whose voices are being heard, whose stories are being told.
Bending: Raqs Media Collective, 2015, part of the Coronation Park Series, an image of power deposed.
The Friends of the Whitworth are proud that, thorough our support for the Gallery’s acquisition policy, we have been able to help the Director and curatorial team begin to fill some of the gaps so that what we see and experience in the Gallery spaces and programmes reflects the diversity of the community in which we live.
Uncle Tom's Cabin (detail): Wallpaper depicting scenes from the anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852, printed in Manchester
Take a look on this page at just a few of the works that we have helped the Whitworth acquire over the last few years and see what you think. Comments are welcome.
Le Serpent à Deux Têtes M'Inspira L'Idée D'Un symbole D"Etat D'Alliance; Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, 1923-2014, Côte D'Ivoire
If you are already a member of the Friends of the Whitworth, thank you for your support in making this possible. If you aren’t yet a member, but would like to help us, and the Whitworth Gallery, do more we would love to have you join us. Your subscription, £27 a year for single membership, £45 a year for double membership, can make a lot of difference.
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