Radical

Christina of Sweden was a 17th-century monarch who ruled as a king. Born covered in hair, she had a cry so deep that everyone thought she was a boy.

Happy to learn she was a girl, her father decreed she would have the education of a prince and made her his heir. She inherited the throne at the age of 6 and ruled for years as a blunt, unmarried, lady king who often disguised herself as a man for political and safety reasons.

Leave me here

Forever more

I found the peace

Pehriska-Ruhpa, Minatarre Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Dance, plate 23 from Volume 2 of ‘Travels in the Interior of North America’, 1844, Karl Bodmer

Dagger with Wheel-Lock Pistol, 1601, Art Institute of Chicago: Arms, Armor, Medieval, and Renaissance

George F. Harding Collection Size: L. 52 cm (20 ½ in.) Blade L. 38.7 cm (15 ¼ in.) Wt. 1 lb. 12 oz. Caliber .30 Medium: Steel, wood, iron, brass, and copper

Cy Twombly’s bedroom in his roman apartment by Ugo Mulas, 1971. Hanging above the bed with its fur blanket, a piece of art by Andy Warhol.

The Mocking of Christ, Anthony van Dyck, c. 1630, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Prints and Drawings

Size: 9 9/16 x 8 ¼ in. (24.29 x 20.96 cm) (plate) Medium: Etching and engraving