E-catalogue accompanying the gallery exhibition of the same name, on view from April 30–June 5, 2026.
Julie Heffernan engages the tradition of the Old Masters to address contemporary preoccupations with the self, the body, and ecological anxiety about the fate of the natural world. Her influences range widely from Northern Renaissance artists and Dutch genre painting to the Hudson River School, literature, mythology, and the Catholic iconography of her upbringing. This exhibition takes its title from Amitav Ghosh’s powerful critique connecting the spice trade and its controversial legacy to our contemporary climate crisis.
The e-catalogue includes an insightful essay by Julie Heffernan.