These ‘Rebel Women’ Sought Equality in 19th-Century New York
An exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York highlights some of the women who rejected the social expectations of the Victorian era.
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Bands of Paint and Light Shimmer. But Do They Still Shock?
The art world and market are finally catching up to Mary Corse, a pioneer of the “soft” approach to light.
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Photo CreditSalvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2018 Gala Dalí’s Life Wasn’t Quite Surreal, but It Was Pretty Strange
She was Salvador Dalí’s wife, muse, model and publicist. But as a new exhibition in the Spanish city of Barcelona shows, there was much more to her than that.
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Photo CreditHarvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Overlooked No More: Edmonia Lewis, 19th Century Black Sculptor of Worldwide Acclaim
As an artist she transcended constraints, and as a woman of color, she confronted a society that wished to categorize her.
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Photo CreditJason Henry for The New York Times Back to Nicaragua for a Pioneering Photographer of Rebellion
On the eve of a major retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Susan Meiselas finds history repeating itself.
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Photo CreditAurore Valade Eye-Popping Portraits for an Age of Protest
Aurore Valade’s bright and busy photographs show that resistance can be messy, joyful and sometimes lonely.
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Photo CreditVincent Tullo for The New York Times She Gave Millions to Artists Without Credit. Until Now.
The artist Susan Unterberg, acting anonymously, has distributed more than $5.5 million over 22 years to 220 underrecognized female artists over age 40.
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Photo CreditCatlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY, (Catlett sculpture); Photograph by Whitten Sabbatini for The New York Times Championing Black Artists, at Home and in the Spotlight
Denise and Gary Gardner are big supporters of Charles White. Their collection includes a work of his that was drawn for Dashiell Hammett’s secretary.
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Photo CreditMatthieu Gafsou/Galerie Eric Mouchet and MAPS At Arles Festival, 7 Promising Photographers to Watch
Artists from China, France, Poland, Switzerland and Turkey talk about the work they are exhibiting at the influential show in France.
