Batchelor Girl's Room, Althea McNish/Studio Nyali (1966/2022) (EMPIRE LINES x William Morris Gallery)
EMPIRE LINES1 Sep 2022

Batchelor Girl's Room, Althea McNish/Studio Nyali (1966/2022) (EMPIRE LINES x William Morris Gallery)

We're celebrating fifty episodes of EMPIRE LINES, with three specials recorded offline and in the museum space – this time in the William Morris Gallery, in London, for their latest exhibition Althea McNish: Colour is Mine. Co-curator Rose Sinclair unwrap McNish's bold textile designs, and Caribbean and British colonial connections, through her infamous Batchelor Girl's room installation

Althea McNish was one of the UK’s most innovative textile artists. Born in Trinidad, she moved to the UK in 1950, and became the first designer of Caribbean descent to achieve international recognition. Her bestselling wallpapers, interior designs, furnishing and fashion fabrics were commissioned by the likes of Liberty, Dior, and Hull Traders. Co-curator Rose Sinclair talks about meeting the artist, who was both a 'Citizen of the World' and part of the Caribbean Artists Movement, and McNish's transformative impact as a Black woman defining British design.

Part of EMPIRE LINES at 50, featuring three exhibitions ahead of their final weekend. See the episode notes for links to the last tickets, and the other episodes on Malangatana Ngwenya and Ingrid Pollard.


PRESENTER: Rose Sinclair, co-curator of Colour is Mine, and Lecturer in Design Education at Goldsmiths University.

ART: Batchelor Girl's Room, Althea McNish/Studio Nyali (1966/2022).

IMAGE: 'Althea McNish: Colour is Mine'.

SOUNDS: The Up Beat.

PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic.


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