View of Rome 

Editor: This is Richard Wilson's "View of Rome," a pencil drawing. It feels incomplete, like a fleeting impression captured on paper. What do you see in this piece? Curator: I see a critique of the Grand Tour, a rite of passage for privileged young men. Wilson, instead of glorifying Rome, offers a sketch, hinting at the superficiality of these cultural pilgrimages, where the weight of history is reduced to a mere souvenir. How does that perspective shift your understanding? Editor: It makes me consider who had access to these views and how their experiences shaped their perception of history. Curator: Exactly. And whose stories are left out of that view? Wilson prompts us to question the narratives embedded in landscape art itself. Editor: I hadn't considered that. Thanks for offering that perspective. Curator: My pleasure, thinking about art in terms of power and social structures always opens new avenues for analysis.