THEY LIED TO YOU ABOUT THE EUNUCHS Meurice from gallery attendants to directors—

from gallery attendants to directors— and others who make their work possible

encountering De Waal’s family archives in both places

sont exposés pour la première fois

Organisé par Laura Serani et commenté avec brio par Pietro Grossi

THEY LIED TO YOU ABOUT THE EUNUCHS Meurice from gallery attendants to directors—This book project introduces the history of eunuchism through auto theory, historiography, historical fiction and poetry, exploring this identity in the ancient world and what kind of echoes can be heard in the present day. By overlapping various histories, and drawing the line between eunuchs in antiquity and contemporary gender discourse, Odete makes a case for a history of gender that hasnt yet been written, asking what is the relevance of eunuchs