Feminism

SEE // A New Lens on the Female Body // Joan Semmel
Alexandra Kleiman |
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An octogenarian feminist painter combats sexism.

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BUY // 36 Days with a Life-Size Love Doll // Laurie Simmons
Jarrett Moran |
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Laurie Simmons abandons tiny furniture for a relationship with a Japanese Love Doll.

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Politics and Human Respect: Sharon Hayes at the Whitney
Alexandra Kleiman |
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Sharon Hayes’ current solo show at the Whitney Museum illuminates the psychological intensity of history and the political capacity of the personal.

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Russian Feminist Group Pussy Riot on Trial
Spencer Nelson |
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The ten-member band are on trial for staging a “punk prayer” in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral.

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Untangling Persian Identity in the Pages of Vintage Playboy Magazines
Georgina Wells |
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When she was twelve years old, Panni Malekzadeh found her father’s stash of Playboy magazines buried in the closet. The experience fueled her sensual portrait paintings of young Persian women.

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Look Again: How to See the World Anew
Zach Bell |
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French artist Annette Messager views the world with an intuitive eye, whether it’s a funny walk, a scene in a movie, or someone sitting in a café.

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Five Things You Can Say About the Summer's Major Protest Art Exhibition
Tiffany Jow |

This week the Whitney unveils There’s So Much I Want to Say About You, a showcase by New York-based artist Sharon Hayes that devotes the museum’s entire third floor to her pieces about political protest in the twentieth century.

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