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How Japanese Female Artists Helped to Expand Fluxus
New York exhibition showcases contributions of Yoko Ono and other avant-garde pioneers
National Museum of Women in the Arts Introduces After-Hours Events
Tickets include two drinks and a lot of cool art.
The ‘Herstory’ of Drag: How the Art form Went from Underground to Mainstream
Drag has a rich history that started well before RuPaul’s Drag Race exploded onto our TV screens. But where did it all begin?
Queer Artists with Rural Backgrounds Plan to Bring Their Work and Experiences to Breckenridge
Breck Creates' exhibition “In Plain Sight: Queer Rural Narratives from the Water and the Land” will kick off Jan. 27
How Helen Frankenthaler Turned Prints into Art
At the Oregon Jewish Museum, a retrospective catalogs the artist’s allergy to doing what was expected of her—mainly, making traditional art.
Instagram Censors NYC Art Show About the Nude Body
An image for Nudity is not Radical!, an exhibition that aims to de-sexualize nudity, was ironically taken down by Meta.
“Women Dressing Women” Pays Generous Tribute to the Ladies in Fashion
The Costume Institute’s latest exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a quiet polemical power.
Marie Laurencin’s Beautiful Vision of Queerness
Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris” is the first major retrospective of the artist's pastel-hued vision of dreamy womanhood in a world seemingly without men.
Ch-ch-ch-changes! The artists who prove it’s never too late to try something new
At the outset of 2024, take inspiration from the women who pioneered collage, invented a new language or returned to their greatest passion, all in later life
Women artists are everywhere in 2024 but let's face it, it's about damn time
It's a great year of exhibitions but museums need to double down and beef up their collections with the work of female artists
Frieze Editors on What to Look Forward to in 2024
From the postponed Lagos Biennial to the first career retrospective of architect I.M. Pei at M+ in Hong Kong, these are the top picks for the year ahead
The National Museum of Women in the Arts Revels in Its Renovation
Institution in Washington, D.C. is ‘both a museum and a megaphone’.
Sharon Church on How Craft Connects Us
Craft connects us to what it means to be human. To make something with your hands – to know that you exist and see the impact of that existence – has enormous value.
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
By painting distinctive and delightful genre scenes, Judith Leyster became the most renowned—and the most successful—woman artist in the 17th-century Dutch Republic.
8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
Women sculptors often had to fight much harder than their male colleagues to get public approval. Here are 8 women artists whose names you should definitely know.
Tracey Emin Becomes First Woman Artist Appointed British Museum Trustee
English visual artist Tracey Emin will join the British Museum‘s board of trustees, making history in the process.
Spotlight: A New Group Show Explores the Moon as a Timely and Symbolic Source of Inspiration for Female Artists
Resisting traditional, male-centric view, the show sees women artists offer an alternative.
Peek Inside the Reimagined National Museum of Women in the Arts
The museum reopens to the public on Saturday after a two year, $70 million renovation project.