‘In turbulent times’: William Dobson’s portrait of John Byron, 1st Lord Byron, at Tabley House
Hanging as the centrepiece above the great fireplace of the Drawing Room in Tabley House is a commanding portrait of…
Narratives: An Art Business Society Exhibition
Written by: Kacey Stonnell, the Communications Officer for the Art Business Society. On Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, the Art Business…
The Bleeding Swans of Tabley House
By the Tabley House interns materials group – Fran Boulad, North Garms, Suah Lim and Kacey Stonnell, 2nd-year undergraduates in…
‘At once, she is one’: reflection on Carol Mavor’s Pilkington Visiting Professorship Lectures 2023
Third-year art history student Ella O’Sullivan reflects on the third of three lectures given by Professor Carol Mavor at the…
Horns, Hair, and Reggae: Dinu Li’s ‘A Phantom’s Vibe’ at esea contemporary
Reviewed by Tessa Wright Dinu Li’s ‘A Phantom’s Vibe’ is a journey through the everchanging concept of cultural identity. Through…
“a diverse and dynamic collection of presentations” – the Friends of the Whitworth student symposium
The art history student symposium held at the Whitworth Gallery on 15 November featured a diverse and dynamic collection of…
“Envisioning the days”: favourite works from the Tabley House Collection internship 2022/23
The Destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii, John Martin (1789–1854) Katarina Trajkovic The painting shows the moment of destruction of the…
Printing ABC: The story behind an engraving
by Niels Weijenberg Whereas a brushstroke can immediately reveal a painter’s hand, the even expression of a printed line discloses…
Dressing a Stately Home: The Interior Design of Tabley House
Curatorial practice has evolved significantly over the past two centuries, particularly in terms of physical gallery spaces. Today, we are…
Report on Visiting Pilkington Professor of Art History Ingrid Pollard’s public lecture: ‘Place Emerges at Meeting Points’, 19th April 2023, The Whitworth, Manchester
By Thomas Archer and Simal Rafique Ingrid Pollard MBE is the 2022-2023 visiting Pilkington Professor for History of Art at…
Friends of the Whitworth Sashiko Workshop
Isabel Dibden-Wright’s Sashiko Workshop on 18 April at the Whitworth was the perfect introduction to such a beautiful craft. Firstly,…
Dining at Tabley: the processes and collections behind the meal
The furniture of the dining room was as important as the extravagant collections that were presented alongside it. The dining…
The Lady and the Mistress: The Women of Tabley House in Portraiture
The early nineteenth century saw a period of social reforms throughout England, especially in the changing attitude toward women and…
Fieldnotes from the Museum – Early Modern Netherlandish Calligraphy by Niels Weijenberg
When we think of calligraphy our thoughts probably go to the East, to China and Iran in particular. I was…
Report on the Tabley House Collection by Poppy Redfern, Beatrice Carpenter and Eleanor Wood Bowyer.
A report on the Tabley House Collection (Knutsford, Cheshire) by Poppy Redfern, Beatrice Carpenter and Eleanor Wood Bowyer. The Tabley…
Ruby Seddon-Wilson reviews Derek Jarman: Protest! at the Manchester Art Gallery
The exhibition Protest! at Manchester Art Gallery (2 December 2021 – 10 April 2022) is a powerful retrospective of the…
Report on the Lecture ‘Covid 19 and the Useful Museum’ by Bethany Piper
Report on the December 2021 Lecture ‘Covid 19 and the Useful Museum by Dr Dani Child, Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan…
Maria Gandelli on Arte Útil and Suzanne Lacy at the Whitworth Art Gallery
Report on ‘Making art accessible to all: ‘Arte Útil’, a platform for conversation’ Lecture by Alistair Hudson, Director of Whitworth…
Report on Dr. Nuala Morse’s Lecture ‘Museums as Spaces of Social Care’ by Joshua Mackarell
Report on the November 2021 Lecture ‘Museums as Spaces of Social Care’ by Nuala Morse, Lecturer in Museum Studies at…