Nicole Eisenman’s presentation for Raid the Icebox Now³ is an exclusively curatorial project, allowing her to develop ideas and strategies through work by artists throughout history. Transforming a gallery space into the interior and exterior environs of an urban gay nightclub through wall treatments, deejayed dance music, furniture, and other decorative elements, her project repositions traditional works of American and European portraiture of past centuries to question legacies of power and inequality. Paintings featured in Eisenman’s presentation will include Joseph Badger’s Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1700), Rufus Hathaway’s Portrait of Seth Winsor (ca. 1798), Cecil Jay’s Portrait of George Hitchcock (1907), and William Jennys’s Portrait of Mrs. Israel Ashley (ca. 1800)—all characterized by a rigid formality that belies their social values and perspectives. The exhibition will not only provide a deeper appreciation of the manner in which art history informs Eisenman’s overall practice, but also suggests how political statements about specific issues and concerns are made through focused arrangements of museum collections.