Who was Whistler’s Woman in White?

Many of James McNeill Whistler’s works feature the red-haired figure of Joanna Hiffernan. Her close professional and personal relationship with the artist lasted for two decades, yet little about her role or influence in his life has been explored – until now.

Watch curators of Whistler’s Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan Ann Dumas and Margaret MacDonald talk about the show, Joanna’s life and the exhibition’s showstopper Symphony in White No.1.