The Director of the University of Manchester ’s Whitworth Gallery is being asked to step down following a row over a statement of solidarity with Palestine that was removed from an exhibition by a human rights investigations agency.
Alistair Hudson, who has headed up the Whitworth and Manchester Art Gallery since 2018, faced criticism from UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) over the recent Cloud Studies exhibition at the gallery.
The exhibition’s opening statement criticised Israel’s military operations in Gaza, which UKLFI said contained “obvious inaccuracies”.
