Curator’s Review: Althea McNish: Colour is Mine (The Whitworth, Manchester, April 2023)

Sinclair, Rose. 2024. Curator’s Review: Althea McNish: Colour is Mine (The Whitworth, Manchester, April 2023). Text: For the Study of the History, Art and Design of Textiles, 50, pp. 109-113. ISSN 1336-476X [Article]

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In 1962 the textiles of Althea McNish were first shown at The Whitworth in an exhibition entitled Modern Art in Textile Design. In October 2022, some sixty years later, McNish’s work was on show again as part of the touring exhibition, Althea McNish: Colour is Mine. This was the first retrospective anywhere in the world featuring this amazing female designer, heralded as the first designer of Caribbean heritage to gain international fame as a textile designer. This article explores some of the curatorial issues in presenting her work.

Item Type	Article
Keywords	text, textiles, exhibition, design, curatorial, mcnish,
Departments, Centres and Research Units	Design
Date Deposited	28 Mar 2024 10:11
Last Modified	28 Mar 2024 10:11