Art
Using Her Mouth and Feet, Lorenza Böttner Created an Immense Body of Work
A childhood accident took her arms away but the transgender artist survived to create paintings, photography, and performances focused on depicting the body.
Julia Curl
Julia Curl is a PhD student in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, where her research focuses on avant-garde film and photography.
Art
Art’s Conventional Signifiers Are No Longer Useful
Pratt’s MFA Thesis Exhibition features immersive presentations that transcend the parameters of traditional painting.
Art
Kia LaBeija’s Photographs Tell a Story as Multifaceted as the Artist Herself
The photographer chronicles her life as a queer woman of color born with HIV.
Art
Street Photography That Highlights the Female Gaze
Twelve women photographers demonstrate their creative ingenuity and raw technical skill.
Books
Artist Sophie Calle Took a Job as a Maid to Spy on the Guests
Calle’s methodical analysis makes the reader more curious about the artist herself than the guests she spies on.
Art
Challenging the Perception that Photographs Present an Objective Vision
Imagining the photographic print as a singular art object.
Art
Neglected 20th-Century Women Photographers Begin to Get Their Due
The exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum aims to move beyond Euro-American historical narrative.
Art
The First Museum Exhibition of Brazilian Modernist Photography Outside Brazil
This retrospective of the work from a São Paulo photo club is a reminder that Modernism was not solely a European phenomenon.
Art
Nona Faustine's Family Album
Faustine's depiction of household shared by three generations of Black women presents matriarchy as a source of power.