Professor Helen Morales' presentation will address art in the exhibition By Achilles’ Tomb: Elliott Hundley and Antiquity @ SBMA  and how the artist uses Greek myth to comment on contemporary concerns. She will consider stories about the tomb of the tragic hero Achilles, and make comparisons between Hundley's art and the recent collages of Kara Walker and Lynne Huffer, which also use the classical to raise urgent contemporary questions.

Professor Morales is the Argyropoulos Professor in Hellenic Studies at UCSB, and the author of Antigone Rising: the Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths.  Elliott Hundley is an LA-based artist responsible for a dynamic reinstallation of SBMA's antiquities collections in Ludington Court, which is on view until June 1, 2026.