The Art of Murder –– Minneapolis Institute of Art https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/the-art-of-murder
July 19, 2014 – April 19, 2015 | Galleries 315 and 316 | Free Exhibition Artists have long been drawn to the complicated murk of murder, from the biblical and quranic stories of Cain and Abel (the first murderer and first victim), to the horrific deaths of Jesus and early Christian martyrs, to gut-wrenching accounts of modern-day homicide. Murder is inevitably traumatic, a tragic narrative unfolding from the crime to its consequences. It is this story, whether arising from persecution, criminal intent, or a depraved sense of passion, that artists find so intriguing. Today, with murder constantly in the news—if it bleeds, it leads—and saturating our entertainment, from video games to mystery novels, we may be desensitized to its frightening reality
Honoré Daumier French, 1808-1879 Rue Transnonain, le 15 Avril, 1834 Lithograph Gift