The McIninch Gallery’s first virtual exhibition, “A Dreadful Attack of Presidential Fever,” showcases presidential cartoons from the late nineteenth-century as well as recent caricatures of American presidents and presidential candidates. Printed imagery from nineteenth-century popular magazines played an outsize role in electoral politics during the Gilded Age. Even now, when we are saturated with media of all forms, the tradition of the political cartoon remains strong in both printed and digital formats. By pairing historical images with contemporary works, this exhibition reveals a remarkable degree of thematic continuity.
Join us for on Wednesday September 23rd for a live webinar where we will discuss some recurring themes in politics as seen through the lens of art, specifically political cartoons.
