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Washington University students and faculty have lifted the veil from its co-founder William Greenleaf Eliot, who for years was known as an abolitionist. Although he held anti-slavery views, he vehemently opposed abolitionism and did not see a future for freed Black people in America.
Students informed school leaders Saturday night that the faces in the mural were painted over and covered up with the name of a white supremacist group.
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present a major new commissioned project by San Diego-based artist and filmmaker Nicole Miller opening March 24. Known for her evocative videos and multimedia installations, Miller frequently addresses themes such as subjectivity, self-representation, agency and race.
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present the first solo exhibition in the Midwest by Brooklyn-based artist Chitra Ganesh. In her multidisciplinary practice, Ganesh draws on Buddhist and Hindu iconography, science fiction, queer theory, comics, Surrealism, Bollywood posters and video games, combining them with her own imagery to present speculative visions of society in the past, present and future.
Washington University in St. Louis plans to construct a new state-of-the-art building for Arts & Sciences, the largest school on the Danforth Campus, announced Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. The building will be on the green space directly west of Olin Library and north of Graham Chapel.