German artist Käthe Kollwitz’s reception in the Global South has only recently begun to be considered. Known for its socialist and anti-war sentiments, her work was largely introduced to South Africa by exiles fleeing Nazism, and her prints became an important touchstone for many of the country’s politically minded artists in the years leading up to and during apartheid. Looking to Kollwitz’s 1905 cycle, “Peasant’s War,” Jessica Williams will explore how these images circulated among South Africa’s Left and how her work came to influence an entirely new generation of lesser-known modernists.  This talk is part of a series inspired by ReFrame, a museum-wide initiative to reimagine the function, role, and future of the university art museum. These talks examine difficult histories, foreground untold stories, and experiment with new approaches to the collections of the Harvard Art Museums, reflecting the concerns of our world today.  TAKE A CLOSER LOOK:   + Watch more talks which ReFrame the Harvard Art Museums’ collections: https://vimeo.com/channels/1719263. + Käthe Kollwitz, “Self-Portrait (Full Face),” 1923, Print, Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Museum Purchase, © Estate of Käthe Kollwitz, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, BR33.37. https://hvrd.art/o/226026 + Käthe Kollwitz, German, “Whetting the Scythe,” plate 3 from the cycle "Peasants' War", 1905, Print, Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Museum Purchase, © Estate of Käthe Kollwitz, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, BR33.36. https://hvrd.art/o/225921. SPEAKERS: + Jessica R. Williams, graduate intern at the Harvard Art Museums and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University; + Moderated by Lynette Roth, Daimler Curator of the Busch Reisinger Museum and Head of the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums.  ---  Recorded Tuesday, June 1st, 2021. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Video: Division of Academic & Public Programming. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu.