Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast Symposium

Join a panel of scholars for a symposium that examines Western sculpture in relation to the histories of transatlantic slavery, colonialism, and empire.

Session One: Looking at Slavery

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Session Two: Figuring Freedom

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Session Three: Beauty and Difference

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Session Four: Keynote

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The symposium is made possible by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lockwood Chilton, Jr.

Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast is on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 521, Wrightsman Exhibition Gallery, through March 5, 2023.

The exhibition is made possible by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation.

Additional support is provided by Allen R. Adler and Frances F. L. Beatty.