Olympia

Olympia (1863). Oil on canvas, 130.5 × 190 cm (51.4 × 74.8 in). Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Édouard Manet's Olympia Makes US Debut This Fall
When the exhibition Manet/Degas opens this fall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, all eyes will be on Olympia, Edouard Manet's celebrated painting, which will be making its debut in the United…
Frederic Bazille (1841-1870), Woman with peonies, 1870. Originally titled Negress with Peonies
The Important Role of Black Models in Modernism
The ground-breaking exhibition not only expands art history, drawing attention to the engagement of black models in modernism, it also questions the role of museums and asks how these spaces can be…