(More) Early Modern Holidays
As many of us are counting down the days until Christmas, Hanukkah or other winter holiday (or just counting down the days until some well-deserved time off), we’ve been decorating, baking, wrapping presents, and more. As we count down the days, I took a look at some more holiday traditions with early modern histories! The…
Art News Round-Up: November 2022
Stay up to date on the latest news from the art world! This month: more repatriation of Benin Bronzes; art and mental health; Indigenous women artists and a poisoned land; a new book on a remarkable artist who rose from fairground attraction to renowned artist; and how video games are offering new opportunities for historic…
Duchess of Osuna and Goya’s Witches
Francisco Goya’s paintings of witchcraft are recognizable to many in and out of the art world. The images play upon well-known and accepted tropes of witchcraft; old crones bent over the lifeless bodies of young children, the worship of Satan in the form of a black goat, as well as the witches’ flight. They play…
The Fight Continues: Museum Strike in Philadelphia
In August 2021, I shared a blog post which looked at the increase in museum workers striking and unionizing across the United States. Over a year later, another major museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), is in the news as their workers have gone on strike. After two years of failed union negotiations, workers…
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Renaissance Reframed 