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From the 1980s onward, certain exhibitions began to move beyond the conventional model of displaying and viewing artworks, transforming the exhibition itself into an opportunity for reflection, experience, and engagement with complex issues. In these projects, philosophy, architecture, technology, science, and politics play an active role in shaping both the space and the viewer’s experience. Despite their historical and theoretical differences, the following four examples demonstrate how an exhibition can transcend its role as a “site for displaying artworks” and become a space for experiencing an idea.

Adapted from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's essay Women Artists in Nineteenth-Century France, this text reflects on a timeless truth: throughout history, women's presence has been defined by perseverance and struggle. Every step forward was taken with the weight of limitation and judgment fastened to their feet. And yet, from those burdens emerged some of the most enduring masterpieces in the history of art.

Throughout the history of art, portraiture has been one of the most familiar and enduring genres of painting, offering a visual record of social relationships, class distinctions, cultural preferences, and even the structures of power that shaped different periods. Despite its significance within art history, however, portraiture has rarely been the subject of quantitative, data-driven research. This article draws upon the findings of the study The Changing Faces of the Paris Salon: Portraiture, 1740–1881, published in Poetics in 2022 by Diana Seave Greenwald and Kim Oosterlinck. Using an extensive dataset, the authors examined the role of portraiture in the Paris Salon, providing new insights into the genre's significance, its transformation over time, and the shifting social and demographic characteristics of the individuals depicted in portraits.