A rare anti-slavery medallion illuminates the complex relationships between the 19th-century abolitionist movement and the struggle for women’s rights.
Author: Emily Gray
A Train Station in Paris Connects Impressionism with Anarchist Politics
Using a Paris postcard as an ideological contrast, Whitney O’Reardon (Class of 2022) suggests how Pissarro embedded politics in his rendering of an urban crowd at Gare St. Lazare (1893).
Brick by Brick: Building Anti-Racist Arts Organizations
How do we create more just and equitable arts organizations? How can we use the past to build a new architecture of ideas? On April 6, ARTHive helped sponsor an online conversation about these questions and more.
Lovers, Sleepers and the Bliss of Female Desire
Emily Gray (Class of 2022) unpacks voyeurism and homoeroticism in two related images by the French artists Gustave Courbet and Achille Devéria