Artist traces Manchester’s links to slavery on blue cotton gown
Manchester Art Gallery exhibition features dress inspired by outfit worn by abolitionist Sarah Parker RemondFor nearly 160 years, the blue plaque has marked sites of historic importance. Now one English institution has found its own way of signifying a flagship moment while interrogating its past – a blue dress.The new artwork, at Manchester Art Gallery, commemorates the occasion when the African American abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond made a speech on the site in 1859. Continue reading...
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Manchester Art Gallery exhibition features dress inspired by outfit worn by abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond
For nearly 160 years, the blue plaque has marked sites of historic importance. Now one English institution has found its own way of signifying a flagship moment while interrogating its past – a blue dress.
The new artwork, at Manchester Art Gallery, commemorates the occasion when the African American abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond made a speech on the site in 1859. Continue reading...
