"Well then, how do you like it? ...isn't it much better than you ever could have imagined?" 1858

Editor: So, this drawing by Honoré Daumier, titled "Well then, how do you like it? ...isn't it much better than you ever could have imagined?", features three figures at a table. It has a satirical feel. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It’s a commentary on class and power dynamics, no doubt. Daumier often critiqued societal structures, and this work seems to explore the lengths to which the elite will go, even to consuming the abject, while maintaining a veneer of refinement. Consider the Society of Acclimatation itself, experimenting at the expense of broader social concerns. Editor: That's a sharp perspective, framing it as a critique of power. Curator: Exactly. It challenges us to think about who benefits from these… "experiments" and at whose expense. Editor: I'll definitely remember Daumier's social commentary from now on.