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Ksenya Gurshtein

Ksenya Gurshtein is a curator, art historian, writer, and translator who lives in Wichita, KS. More of her writing can be found here.

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Updating the Myth of Hercules for the #MeToo Era

by Ksenya Gurshtein January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

In The Trials of the Golden Rat, Patrick Duegaw recasts Hercule’s feats as the troubling behavior of a powerful man, reframing his targets through the guise of powerful women standing up for themselves.

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The Central, Yet Invisible, Labor of Motherhood in Art

by Ksenya Gurshtein May 8, 2020

Curators, scholars, artists, and designers reflect on the labor and experience of motherhood in the new essay collection Inappropriate Bodies.

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A House Becomes a Potent Site to Process the Grief and Pain of Miscarriage

by Ksenya Gurshtein April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

Monikahouse gives permission and creates room to reflect on the mental space and emotional energy that questions of reproduction take up in women’s lives.

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The Political Art that Shaped Cold War Hungary

by Ksenya Gurshtein August 21, 2018August 20, 2018

An exhibition at the Wende Museum explores the art and culture of socialist-era Hungary and offers a chance to consider relationships beteween art and politics during the Cold War.

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The Promises and Perils of Early American Photography on Paper

by Ksenya Gurshtein May 22, 2018October 27, 2021

In this show, photography offers a rich understanding of a diverse, divided, by turns confident and anxious United States bent on territorial and economic expansion from the 1840s to the 1860s.

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When Contemporary Art Feels Too Inaccessible

by Ksenya Gurshtein May 2, 2018May 10, 2018

Some artists seem to negate any attempt at communication with the viewer, and pass on the inconvenient responsibility of generating some coherent meaning to curators.

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