Mierle Laderman Ukeles's new installation honors New York City service workers; Artists and museums collaborate with PlanYourVote.org; A new graphic biography on Yayoi Kusama; and more.
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Amid a relentless news cycle, we pause to look back on some of the noteworthy stories and events that marked the summer months—remembering, celebrating, and amplifying the women artists who...
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Women artists are front and center in the September 2020 issue of Vanity Fair; Writer Marcie Rendon is the first Native American woman to receive Minnesota’s McKnight Distinguished Artist Award;...
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The U.S. Postal Service has released commemorative stamps honoring Ruth Asawa; Sonya Clark has won the deCordova Museum’s prestigious annual Rappaport Prize; and more.
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The New York Times profiles Sonya Clark; Hyperallergic and Artnet recap NMWA’s recent Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, which enhanced 85 articles on Black women artists; and more.
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Oprah magazine profiles artist Alexis Franklin, who created a digital portrait of Breonna Taylor for the cover of the September 2020 issue; Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith is the first Native American artist...
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Grace Lynne Hayes debuts a new portrait of Sojourner Truth for this week’s cover of the New Yorker; A profile on Thandi Sibisi, South Africa's first Black woman gallerist; A...
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An interview with former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey about her forthcoming memoir; Painter Dominique Fung challenges the objectification of Asian women; and more.
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A new grant in support of the work of Black trans women artists; A feature on Sophie Taeuber-Arp; The Great Women Artists podcast talks to Lubaina Himid; and more.
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Photographic prints by the late artist Khadija Saye have been installed on the streets of London—a mile from the site of the Grenfell Tower fire, which took Saye’s life in...
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