Art and Design

Art and Design

Collaborators are examining how the history of the arts at Washington University, and contemporary art and design interventions, relate to understanding and addressing institutional legacies of slavery.

Spotlight: WashU & Slavery Crime Scenes in Counter/Narratives: (Re)Presenting Race & Ethnicity

Pictured: Close up of George Caleb Bingham, Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap, 1851–52 (Courtesy of Milred Lane Kemper Art Museum).