NCAW Spring 2026, Vol. 25, Issue 1

Table of Contents

Editors’ Welcome

Articles
"Outsiders: Black Harem Eunuchs in Gérôme’s Orient"
by Brigid M. Boyle

"Harriet Hosmer and the Anatomy of Neoclassical Sculpture"
by Elizabeth Keto
Recipient of the 2025 Mervat Zahid Cultural Foundation Prize, of the Dahesh Museum of Art

“'Complete Cut-Off-Ness': John Singer Sargent’s Tyrolean Sojourn"
by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll

"Emil Holub’s African Exhibitions, Colonialism, and National Emancipation"
by Tomáš Winter

Practicing Art History
The Evolving Archive, part 2
Organized by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu, Kim Orcutt, and Isabel L. Taube

Reviews
In Memoriam: Gabriel P. Weisberg (1942–2026), Co-Founding Editor and First Reviews Editor

Book Reviews
Hidden in Plain Sight: Concealing Enslavement in American Visual Culture
by Rachel Stephens
Reviewed by Jenny Carson

Jewish Country Houses
edited by Juliet Carey and Abigail Green
Magnates and Masterpieces: The German-Jewish Collectors of Edwardian Britain
by John Hilary
Reviewed by Keren Rosa Hammerschlag

Beyond Vanity: The History and Power of Hairdressing
by Elizabeth L. Block
Reviewed by Susan Hiner

Cézanne’s Shadows: Poussin, Chardin, Rubens
by Nancy Locke
Reviewed by Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer

Rethinking American Art: Collectors, Critics, and the Changing Canon
by Theodore E. Stebbins Jr., with the research assistance of Susan E. Stebbins
Reviewed by Kim Orcutt

Fourteen Recent Exhibitions of Impressionist Art
Introduction by David O’Brien

Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience
Van Gogh Inside
Love, Vincent
Garden
Reviewed by Jung E. Choi

Blanche Hoschedé-Monet: In the Light
Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men / Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World
Manet: A Model Family
Mary Cassatt at Work
Paris 1874. Inventer l’impressionnisme (Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment)
Reviewed by Alexis Clark

Berthe Morisot à Nice. Escales impressionnistes (Berthe Morisot in Nice. Impressionist Stages) / Impression, Morisot
Discover Degas & Miss La La
Paris 1874. Inventer l’impressionnisme (Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment)
Women Impressionists / Impressionismen og dens oversete kvinder
Reviewed by Allison Deutsch

Impressionnisme: La modernité en mouvements (Impressionism: Pathways to Modernity)
Post-impressionnisme: Au-delà des apparences (Postimpressionism: Beyond Appearances)
Reviewed by Dalila Meenen

Exhibition Reviews
Manet & Morisot
Reviewed by Lynne D. Ambrosini

Monet and Venice
Reviewed by Willam Barcham

Millet: Life on the Land
Reviewed by Barbara Dayer Gallati

Raimundo de Madrazo
Reviewed by Andrew Ginger

Homecoming: Walter Osborne’s Portraits of Dublin, 1880–1900
Reviewed by Margaret MacNamidhe

José María Velasco: A View of Mexico
Reviewed by Emmanuel Ortega

Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor
Reviewed by Gretchen Sinnett

Lifeblood—Edvard Munch
Reviewed by A. David Smith

Sargent in Paris / John Singer Sargent Éblouir Paris (Sargent. Dazzling Paris)
Reviewed by Isabel L. Taube