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.
Sherrie Levine — After Duchamp Redefining Originality and Authorship in Contemporary Art Sherrie Levine is a central figure in postmodern and appropriation-based practices, known for
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Cindy Sherman - Untitled Film Still #21 Cindy Sherman: The Artist Who Turned Identity, Cinema, and Female Stereotypes into a Mask Cindy Sherman did not simply photograph
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Lynda Benglis in her advertisement (November 1974) Lynda Benglis: When Sculpture Stops Obeying Lynda Benglis did not simply make sculpture spill, swell, fold and misbehave. Her more
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Miriam Shapiro — The Apache (for Rondo) How “women’s work” became a language of power Feminist art is often described as a fight for representation. This essay
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Kara Walker Kara Walker: Silhouettes as a Weapon Against Amnesia If you’re new to this wider project, start here: Feminism in Art
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Simone Leigh How Simone Leigh Rebuilds Sculpture Around Black Female Knowledge Simone Leigh has changed the language of contemporary sculpture by refusing
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Precious Okoyomon. Precious Okoyomon: Queer Ecology, Race, and the Racialized Natural World Precious Okoyomon (born 1993, London) is a Nigerian-American artist, poet,
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Breaking Barriers and Shaping the Future Women have always played a crucial role in the development of art. Yet their
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Herminia Albarrán Romero, papel picado Chicano Art Movement: Murals, Aztlán, and the Fight for Visibility in American Art If you want to understand how art
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Mary Grigoriadis — Ixion Pattern and Decoration: Ornament as Cultural Resistance In the 1970s—amid social upheaval, liberation movements, and an expanding critique of Western
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