MetFridays—Dangerous Beauty: Medusa in Classical Art

Explore the legacy of Medusa as a symbol of femininity, desire, violence, and death.

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.