ANGUS REID urges us to understand the persecution of Jason Arday from a political and historical perspective, and to see the victim in human terms
Positive discrimination
PAUL FOLEY examines how the Whitworth is attempting to engage with sexual minorites
(L to R) A banner celebrating of Mark Ashton; Frances Hodgkins, The Convalescent, 1912
[Whitworth Art Gallery]
Re-releases of the classics Gypsy Rhumba and Buena Vista Social Club, and a stunning album by Palestinian artist Faris Ishaq
Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
(Un)Defining Queer
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
DOES an individual’s gender, sexuality, race, colour or disability define the way they look at or appreciate art?
Have art galleries and museums adapted to be more inclusive and engaging with all communities within society? If not why not? And if so, what does this adaption look like?
These are some of the discussions around re-imagining art and how it is presented in galleries and museums.
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