Turner and the Whale: York art historians co-curate new exhibition

Posted on 10 October 2017

Hull Maritime Museum and University of York art historians are curating a new exhibition of J. M. W. Turner’s controversial paintings of whaling as part of Hull’s UK City of Culture celebrations.

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Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves by J.M.W. Turner. Tate: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856.

Turner and the Whale represents a rare opportunity to see together three of the four whaling canvasses produced by the acclaimed marine artist in 1845-1846.

The exhibition, on display at the Hull Maritime Museum from Saturday 7 October, is curated by the Museum and the History of Art department's Professor Jason Edwards and AHRC-funded PhD student Martha Cattell.