Elvira Banotti Was There at the Birth of Italian Feminism. So Why Was She Forgotten?
While Carla Lonzi is being rediscovered, Banotti forces a more uncomfortable question: what happens to the women who helped found
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Feminist Art
Feminism in art is not a style. It is a struggle over bodies, visibility, authorship, institutions and power.
This section brings together essays, interviews and critical readings on feminist art, from historical breakthroughs to contemporary practices that challenge how women, queer bodies and marginalized voices are seen, exhibited and remembered.
Start here: Feminism in Art Isn’t a Style: It’s a Battle Over Visibility.
Pussy Riot and FEMEN protest performance at the Venice Biennale 2026 Pussy Riot at the Venice Biennale. Interview with Nadya Tolokonnikova
“Russia’s art today is blood” Between pink balaclavas, slogans against Kremlin propaganda, and direct accusations aimed at the Venice Biennale
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Pussy Riot at Biennale in Venice 2026 Pussy Riot and FEMEN Protest at the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: “Blood Is the Real Language of Russia”
The dissident collective led by Nadya Tolokonnikova said they had repeatedly attempted to open a dialogue with Pietrangelo Buttafuoco in
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Hanna Lucatelli, MADRE, 2026, Porto Alegre (Brazil). Credits Hanna Lucatelli Hanna Lucatelli and MADRE: In Porto Alegre, the Mural That Rewrites the Story of Italian Emigration
On the wall of the future headquarters of the Italian Consulate General in Rio Grande do Sul, the Brazilian artist
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Judy Chicago, Forever de Young, 2021. Fireworks performance in collaboration with Pyro Spectaculars by Souza, San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by Jordan D. Schnitzer in memory of his late mother Arlene Schnitzer (1929-2020). In conjunction with the exhibition, Judy Chicago: A Retrospective, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA. © Chicago Woodman LLC, Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by Apolo Gomez Judy Chicago in Venice
An interview on material, feminism, power, and the long work of changing art history Link to the Italian shorter version
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Mira Schor Mira Schor: Feminist Painting, Language and the Politics of Modesty
A conversation with an artist who made thought visible Interview Italian version on Artribune If you’re new to this wider
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Carolee Schneemann - Interior Scroll, 1975 Feminist Art in the United States: From Womanhouse to Political Visibility
Feminist Art in the United States: a Coast-to-Coast History of Form, Power, and Visibility This article expands the US thread
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Natalia LL- Velvet Terror - 1970 Eastern European Feminist Art After Socialism: Visibility, Body and Resistance
Eastern Europe and the Post-Socialist Field: Feminism Against “Official” Emancipation In Eastern Europe and the former Yugoslavia, feminist art often
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Catherine Opie (Photo courtesy of the artist) Catherine Opie Interview: Seeing and Being Seen in Photography
From London’s National Portrait Gallery to the politics of visibility, the artist reflects on portraiture, queer bodies, family, and what
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Boushra-Almutawakel-Mother_-Daughter_-Doll Middle East Feminist Art: Religion, Borders and Risk
From diaspora strategies to coded bodies, how artists challenge morality, state power, and the rules of appearance without losing agency
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