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# Hearing from the Artist Behind Anonymous Was a Woman
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/hearing-from-the-artist-behind-anonymous-was-a-woman/
- Published: 2018-08-03T00:00:01.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:40:11.000Z
- Description: We talk to Susan Unterberg, the person behind the Anonymous Was a Woman foundation that gives $25,000 — no strings attached — to female artists over 40 and then we discuss a boxing exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Podcast, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

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Artist [Susan Unterberg](http://www.susanunterberg.net/?ref=hyperallergic.com) kept her secret for 22 years, but after [an article in the *New York Times*](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/art-movements-podcast/) came out last month, everyone knows the New York-based artist is the person behind the mysterious foundation.

Called [Anonymous Was a Woman](https://www.anonymouswasawoman.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com), the foundation gives $25,000 in unrestricted grants to female artists over the age of 40\. I spoke to recipient Nene Humphrey about the impact the gift made on her life, and then Unterberg herself.

Then I invite critic Zachary Small to talk about a knock-out small show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [*On the Ropes: Vintage Boxing Cards from the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection*](https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/on-the-ropes-boxing-cards-burdick-collection?ref=hyperallergic.com), that he thinks deserves a careful look.

A special thanks to Miserable Chillers & Sun Kin for the music to this week’s episode, which features their latest album, *Adoration Room*. You can listen to that and more at [miserablechillers.bandcamp.com](http://miserablechillers.bandcamp.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) and other streaming services.

This and more in [our current episode](https://simplecast.com/s/916cc5bc?ref=hyperallergic.com) of our weekly [Art Movements](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/art-movements-podcast/) podcast.

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