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When Oscar Wilde published his play Salome in 1893, it transformed an obscure Biblical story into a modern obsession that would possess the public imagination for the next century. Wilde’s play—which drew on a long tradition in painting and literature—would inspire pioneering composers and choreographers, radical designers and experiential filmmakers. In this lecture, artist and cultural historian Jason Lahman will explore the changing forms of the legendary princess who demands the head of Saint John the Baptist as payment for her erotic dance of the seven veils.