Down With the Patriarchy

March 8, 2023

Good morning. 🌤️ Happy International Women’s Day! On this occasion, all of our articles today are by and about women in the arts.

Hall W. Rockefeller writes about the quiet struggles of women artists who must balance their practice with caregiving for their ailing parents. Olivia McEwan grapples with important questions about women-only shows, and Sanoja Bhaumik reviews a new book about pioneering feminist filmmakers. Sarah Rose Sharp has two pieces: one about artist Katie Shulman’s bodily fiber sculptures and the other about Chloé's new Artemisia Gentileschi-inspired fashion line.

Rhea Nayyar reports about a Pussy Riot art auction and an Idaho College that removed artworks about abortion, while Elaine Velie writes about Alina Bliumis's paintings of terrifyingly beautiful abortion-inducing flowers.

Long live the women who speak up and fight back, and down with the patriarchy!

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

Why Is No One Talking About the Artist-Daughters?

We need more support for the women who have to balance an art practice with caregiving for their ailing parents. | Hall W. Rockefeller

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

Nadya Tolokonnikova (Pussy Riot) in a balaclava with a giant lit matchstick next to her wax candle "Fragile Masculinity Genesis" (2023) (image courtesy Pussy Riot)

Proceeds from an online auction curated by Pussy Riot creator Nadya Tolokonnikova will partially benefit Planned Parenthood.

An Idaho college became a hotbed ofcontroversy after removing six abortion-related artworks from an exhibition.

Invoking the idea of “a new Renaissance,” Chloé's creative director Gabriela Hearst cited Artemisia Gentileschi as her inspiration behind the latest collection.

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LATEST REVIEWS

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. | Olivia McEwan

Film as a Terrain of Feminist Struggle

Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image reminds us that feminist visions are abundant, and feminist critique is generative. | Sanoja Bhaumik

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHTS

Painting the Terrifying Beauty of Abortion-Inducing Flowers

In Plant Parenthood, Alina Bliumis portrays the plants that have been used to terminate pregnancies for hundreds and thousands of years. | Elaine Velie

Katie Shulman’s Delicate Dance With Fiber

If the body as a point of inspiration was once an innocent or abstract notion for the fiber artist, her more recent work can no longer avoid the body as battleground. | Sarah Rose Sharp

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