Tabley House Blogs: Equine Portraits and Paintings of Ownership
by Maariya Daud Whistlejacket (1762) is perhaps the most iconic painting of a horse. Depicting the Marquess of Rockingham’s Arabian…
‘Leaves, branches and light’: ‘Duff’ (2018) by Ruth Murray
by Anisa Rizvi Ruth Murray is a British artist currently working in Manchester whose work explores identity and the presence…
‘Nothing dramatic is happening’: ‘Jack the Ripper’s Bedroom’ (c.1907) by Walter Sickert
by Anisa Rizvi Walter Sickert is a German-born British painter who played an influential role in developing British avant-garde and…
Disclaimer: no cannibals were involved in the writing of this
Edited by Leni Cadle; writers anonymous What does a Chilled Zebra Gelée, sweltering strawberry jam, and a Rembrandt painting have…
“You love me more knowing that I will die soon…”
By Eva Bielawski This painting is called Winter Fuel and was painted by Sir John Everett Millais in 1873. Allow…
Breaking Walls, Building Bridges: ENO’s Regional Debut and the Reinvention of a Classic – Review of Opera Albert Herring
By Yuhan Yao, PhD student English National Opera’s (ENO) first production in Manchester, a semi-staged Opera of Britten’s Albert Herring, concluded…
Drawing Trees Workshop, Whitworth Art Gallery, April 22, 2026
By Laura Hinson PhD student (Art History) ‘Choose any tree that you think pretty, which is nearly bare of…
Review of Marcos Kueh: Smooth Sailing, 一路順風 at esea contemporary
Words and photographs by Leni Cadle In Chinese, there’s a phrase 路順風 (yi lu shun feng) used to wish someone…
“Intellectual generosity”: the Friends of the Whitworth student symposium
by Lucie Bellingham On 29th October, art history students and arts professionals from the University of Manchester, the Whitworth Art…
‘Woman with Her Throat Cut’: Curation and interpretation
by Leni Cadle I look down at a crime scene on the floor of the exhibition. The curved back, spikey…
Five Fine Days in the City of Canals: Art History Field Trip in Amsterdam
by Changjae Lee If you have ever strolled down the streets in Amsterdam, you will know that the city has…
Alumna Orjana Rudeloff wins prestigious Paul Mellon Centre ‘New Narratives’ studentship
by Orjana Rudeloff While studying at the University of Manchester, I was able to solidify my research interest in contemporary…
A Life in Conversation: Hans Ulrich Obrist at The Whitworth
by Lucie Bellingham If you’ve ever listened to Hans Ulrich Obrist speak, you’ll know that his sentences travel like a…
Tabley House blogs: Turner’s ‘Windy Day’
by Lucie Bellingham Among the treasures of the Tabley House Collection is Windy Day, a dynamic and atmospheric oil painting…
Tabley House blogs: Turner’s stay at the Tabley estate and my visit to Tate Britain
by Priya Leefield In the summer of 1808, Turner visited Tabley House, a stay that is recorded across three sketchbooks…
Tabley House blogs: J.M.W Turner’s ‘The Shipwreck’ and ‘Fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen’
by Priya Leefield and Lucie Bellingham J.M.W Turner’s The Shipwreck and Fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen both stand as…
Review: ANEW Way to Peel an Orange at Castlefield Gallery
by Leni Cadle, second year art history student ANEW Way to Peel an Orange was exhibited 03 August 2025 –…
Video art special issue >> Introduction: “Nobody wants to paint rotten oranges anymore.”
By Fran Boulad As many of us who are interested in the modern to contemporary arts are aware, the belief…
Desire in a Digital Age: How a digital artist (almost) put me off going to Turkiss
by Leni Cadle, second year art history student Part of our theme ‘video art’ Ed Atkins is a British artist…
Dispatches in Art History 