ESSAYS
Essays relating to our collection and exhibitions past and present
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The Gardener Digs in Another Time: Samantha Manton
This essay accompanied the Collections Centre exhibition ‘The Gardener Digs in Another Time’, which brings together works from the Whitworth’s rich collection of historic, modern and contemporary art to reflect upon the use of the garden in visual culture as a vehicle for utopian thought and emblem for an ideal society
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So far and yet so near : Esme Ward
In 2016 our Head of Engagement Esme Ward, now Director of Manchester Museum, was invited by the British Council and Hong Kong Arts Administrators to speak about ambition for arts and ageing at a Cultural Leadership summit in Hong Kong
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Trees: Memory and Loss Matthew Retallick
An essay by Matt Retallick to coincide with a new permanent commission in Whitworth Park by artist Anya Gallaccio, exploring themes of loss, memory and physical presence in both nature and architecture.
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Essay: Fire and Water - Ben Tufnell
Notes on Cai Guo-Qiang’s Unmanned Nature
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Portraits
An essay about the Portraits exhibition by the curator Bryony Bond.
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Firing Paper: Francesca Tarocco
Reading Cai Guo-Qiang’s Unmanned Nature
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The Educators of Trees: Alexander and John Robert Cozen
Drawing on works from the Whitworth collection, this essay by our Curator of Historic Fine Art, Rhian Addison explores howbothfather and son used their passion for trees to educate.
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