Art gallery
Manchester Art Gallery
Civic gallery of Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian paintings, decorative arts and contemporary exhibitions.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Manchester Art Gallery stands you in front of John William Waterhouse's Hylas and the Nymphs, painted in eighteen ninety-six and bought by the gallery that same year. It follows one January night in twenty eighteen, when staff working with the artist Sonia Boyce lifted it off the wall, and the storm of tabloids, petitions and Post-it notes that followed. Best heard standing right in front of the painting, close enough to see the nymphs' hands.
This audio guide was created using AI.