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Alistair Hudson has long been an advocate of the "useful art"

What is art good for? For The Boss of Manchester's two most important civic galleries, art not only to look at, or buy and sell - it can improve our lives in some unexpected way.

"I want people to say, 'Oh, yeah, the art is actually quite useful, the art is actually really important. '"

Alistair Hudson has given the Manchester Art Gallery and sister venue the Whitworth a new Mission -to be useful.

He gives some examples of how the arts can be used beyond The Gallery walls.

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The Whitworth Art Gallery, the British Museum of the year 2015

Hudson was told named, as he helped take a picture for the government, the new Home Office headquarters in 2005 - to the positions, the TV news crews would take curate, outside.

"The recording, she had received, constructed as part of an art project, So What was the out shone on the Six o'clock news involved the sculptural elements and was aestheticised to a certain degree. "

He says even the Russian President Vladimir Putin 's right-hand man, Vladislav Surkov trained in the concept art, and there is a theory that he used to hold the techniques Putin is in Power .

Hudson now wants to use The Power of the arts for The Good of The City . The Whitworth is named The Museum in 2015, and Hudson, a new Mission Statement - "art for Social Change has been".

she says: "art should address what issues in the lives of the people, responding to current urgencies and to propose solutions to the problems around us. "

The Gallery is "value of the art for what it can do, not how much is it worth", he adds.

The Whitworth's new Era has begun-with an exhibition with the title joy forever: How To Change art and The World And Its price In The market

Hudson explains: "The art market offers a very small number of people in the society. Museums in the modern, contemporary Era - their programs were really driven by the Contemporary Art market, not necessarily of public interest. "

artistic ideas, creative thinking, and the transformative Power , of things play a big role in the solution of problems in areas such as education, health, politics, technology, the economy and The Environment , he says.

Hudson took over the Manchester galleries in 2017 and launched their new Era with an exhibition at the Whitworth with the title joy forever: How To Change art and The World And Its price In The market.

The title and the exhibition are influenced by the 19Th Century thinker John Ruskin , whose ideas about the creative freedom, the crafts and architecture went on to influence politics, education and the conservation of motion.

the Hudson update to these ideas for the 21St Century . Century. "What that means is that you start to get involved in the design and creation of an infrastructure of the company and how it works, only creates a recreational resource or a Tourist Attraction .

"We are still functioning, in the conditions, but ultimately, this is a much greater role for the arts and the arts, the thinking in the decision-making - the kind of architecture that we are building, town planning, ecology, education, housing..."

students from Hyndburn Academy in Blackburn helped in the selection of works of art for the new exhibition

an exhibition with the title economy: The Blockbuster, the attempt is also planned to demystify the financial world and propose alternative economic models.

"And we talk about the creation of the Whitworth Business School, where we among business teach through The Medium of art," he says.

Platt Hall , Fallowfield, Manchester, is a third local, the under Hudson's control. The Gallery of Costume was, until recently, but the costumes had to be postponed because of a moth infestation.

that means That there is an opportunity for an overhaul. There are plans for an "experimental museum" inspired by the Victorian Institute and settlements, where the working classes would learn skills and participate in creative activities.

"I'm interested in picking up the line of that," Hudson says. "We can not all do the same Patriarchal Victorian version of do-gooding, but what is Crowdsourcing, user-generated version, which will be now would it be?"/p> artist to help design a new park keeper's house in the Whitworth grounds

Meanwhile, funds are being raised to the construction of a new park keeper's house in Whitworth Park, which may provide a model for future housing developments.

The Park is also a newly reconstructed version of a road Ruskin win once tried to build with The Help of 12 University of Oxford students, including Oscar Wilde and Hardwicke Rawnsley , went to the founding of The National Trust.

Hudson moved to Manchester from Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Mima), where he implemented his ideas into practice.

they include a regular free lunch in The Gallery for people from all over The City . It was not a work of art as such, but it has The Power of The Gallery , he explains.

"We redirected our exhibitions budget to pay for the cook for people every week. Around the table, you would have gallery-goers, homeless people, refugees, police, mayor, dementia groups. The amazing number of people gathered around this food. "

The joy forever exhibition opens in the Whitworth at the end of March

new people would get to know and have the chance to raise the issues with people in authority.

"It is this moment in the week where you could begin to galvanize opinion and the energy could then be directed in a very positive way," Hudson says.

"it was also The Place where a lot of these groups that might not have a voice, recourse to Power . You could use the seriousness of The Public institution, to talk to The Power - whether The Mayor or The Council . This was a very interesting way. It began on a lot of decisions. "

The Whitworth and the Manchester Art Gallery has long been working in their communities, and the idea of "useful art" done back in fashion elsewhere. But this New Direction is a test of how much of a difference it can make.

"art is not a reflection of The Answer to everything," Hudson reflected. "But I want people to be empowered by the idea that he can determine part of The Package , to see how we a better way of life. "

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