Jennifer Dasal was the speaker at the Ferrell Auditorium at the Saint Louis Art Museum on Friday Night (6/6/25). She was curator at North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC and launched her career as blogger and that evolved into her becoming an author.
I read her first book in anticipation of this event. The book sheds some light on a variety of art history mysteries. The circumstances of Vincent van Gogh's death, the theft and authenticity of the Mona Lisa, Monet's early reception, and Andy Warhol's time capsules. (610 of them!)
But perhaps the most curious and fascinating of all on this night was her enthusiastic endorsement of Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908). Her Zenobia in Chains stands proudly overlooking sculpture hall from the third floor arching window in the museum. That is until it was put on loan the the Missouri History Museum a few months ago. So, in spite of the high praise Jennifer put on the piece she assumed would still be "on view" at SLAM, almost no-one in the audience knew: Zenobia was not home. I was assured by staff that she'd be back.
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