Carolyn Stewart Carolyn Stewart

Harriet Tubman: The Hero We Need

If you’ve seen Harriet, the new Harriet Tubman biopic, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Harriet was an antebellum James Bond.

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Carolyn Stewart Carolyn Stewart

The Skeletons in the Gallery

After Louis Vuitton prints an image of child predation on a luxury handbag, can we still turn a blind eye to Gauguin’s well-documented history of predation?

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Carolyn Stewart Carolyn Stewart

You Probably Think This Art Is About You

Yayoi Kusama’s famous mirrored rooms focuse on the notion of “self-obliteration,” yet self-aggrandizement has become the defining theme of how visitors experience them.

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Thomas Culligan Thomas Culligan

In Putin's Russia, Art Looks at You

Irena Nakhova’s fighter jet helmet blends satire and state-sanctioned messaging to an indecipherable degree. Is it a monument to Vladimir Putin’s ambitions, or a mockery?

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