Explore the legacy of Medusa as a symbol of femininity, desire, violence, and death.
Featuring
Kiki Karoglou, Associate Curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, The Met
Gilian M.E. Alban, author of The Medusa Gaze in Contemporary Women's Fiction: Petrifying, Maternal, and Redemptive
This program is presented in conjunction with Dangerous Beauty: Medusa in Classical Art, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue, February 5, 2018, through January 6, 2019.