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.
Womanhouse (1972) catalog cover. Feminist Art Program, Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro. Womanhouse (1972): The Day Feminism Moved Into a House and Turned Every Room Into a Revolution Imagine walking into a
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Martha Rosler, Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975) Feminism in Art, Not a Style, a Battle Over Visibility Feminism in art is not a theme you “add” to
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Camille Eskell - Queens of Babylon Put On Your Crown Bodies, fabrics, traumas: how Camille Eskell turns vulnerability into visual strength This article about Camille Eskell was originally written and
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Lynn Hershman Leeson — Roberta Breitmore (Film Still) Technology, women, power: these are some of the central themes in Lynn Hershman Leeson’s work; an American artist who has
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The Glorious Mothers A collective born in Italy during the pandemic, facing the challenge of being both artists and mothers between creative practice,
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Camille Eskell (Photo courtesy of the artist) Family, patriarchy, and diaspora compressed into a single trembling cap There are artists who work mainly with material, and artists
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Arlene Rush poses with her installation “Rejection, Reject, Re…” (2019) at Pen and Brush. (Credits www.arlenerush.com) Turning Rejection into Artistic Practice This interview with Arlene Rush was originally written and published by me in Italian on
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Yoko Ono in 1967 Beyond the Myth: Yoko Ono and the Art of Participation From Fluxus to Instruction Art: how Yoko Ono reshaped conceptual
Read More Lynn Hershman Leeson — Roberta Breitmore (Film Still) Lynn Hershman Leeson: Feminist Art in the Age of Surveillance and Synthetic Selves If the Feminism hub is a map
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Frida Kahlo self-portrait Art of One Impossible Truth Frida Kahlo’s paintings feel as concrete as a tiled floor after rain. Flesh, fabric, kitchen
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