Art
The Women Artists Commemorated on an NYC Sidewalk
The signatures of Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt, and six other historical women artists are engraved on a small stretch of sidewalk on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
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News
Burn Down the Patriarchy With this Eggplant Emoji Candle
The artwork by Pussy Riot creator Nadya Tolokonnikova is one of several in an auction benefiting reproductive health organizations.
Art
A Women’s History of Global Abstraction
Action, Gesture, Paint is a pointed challenge to the common definition of Abstract Expressionism: White, male, American artists.
Film
The Women Who Dominated This Year's Sundance
At this year’s Sundance International Film Festival, more than half the feature-length movies were made by directors who identify as women.
Art
Charting Photography’s Gender Dynamics
Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers at Magnum unfolds the complex gender dynamics that women experience behind the camera.
Art
For Women Artists, Studio Visits Can Be Risky Business
Personal safety concerns have pushed some women and trans artists to forgo studio visits, further narrowing their access to opportunities in the art world.
Books
The Largely Unknown Story of Women, Abstract Expressionism, and Texas
Three Women Artists: Expanding Abstract Expressionism in the American West uncovers the little-known stories of professional and creative gains in the region, and especially in the Texas Panhandle.
Opinion
The Biggest Lie About Abstract Expressionism
We were told that women were on the peripheries of the artistic movement, while in fact they were driving it forward, energetically engaging in this radical pictorial language.
Art
The Pioneering Feminists of French Art
Pioneers at Paris’s Musée du Luxembourg places a particular emphasis on women artists who challenged and subverted conventional norms of gender presentation, sexuality, motherhood, and race.
News
Nearly Half of US Museums Focus on Just 4% of Contemporary Artists
A new report examines how emerging artists fare across different cities in the US, finding key gender disparities.
Art
Nani Chacon’s Urban Interventions Enter the Museum
The artist says she wants to “confront people with beauty and pride and complexity.”
Film
The Overlooked Women Filmmakers of the Anti-Colonial Movement
BAM’s retrospective In the Images, Behind the Camera features rare and restored works by female filmmakers of the Global South.