Manchester Art Gallery has an important collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings that were bought on behalf of Manchester’s citizens by the Gallery’s Victorian predecessors. The exhibition was a year-long project called the Pre-Raphaelite Experiment to find out what these paintings mean to today’s Mancunians.

Gallery 6 was transformed into a practical space to display the paintings, present visitor information and deliver discussions events, workshops and performances. The project concentrated on four particular paintings in detail – The Hireling Shepherd by William Hung, Answering the Emigrant’s Letter by James Collinson, The Bower Meadow by Dante Rossetti and Autumn Leaves by John Everett Millais.