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How women artists from the MENA region are reshaping the art market and history

Women’s art. Don’t you just hate that qualifier: women’s. Women’s art, women’s football, women’s rights… Why do we not talk of men’s art, men’s football, men’s rights? Because male...

From Suffrage To #MeToo: The Waves, Theories, And Thinkers That Shaped

Feminism is not a single, monolithic ideology but a rich and evolving field of thought that has developed across different historical moments, intellectual traditions, and social s...

Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar: An Illustrator Navigating Art, Caste, And Community In Contemporary India

The term ‘Dalit art’ and how the association of an artist’s identity with their caste may contribute to a greater alienation from mainstream. The post Shrujana Niranjani Shridhar:...

The Politics Of Looking: How Cultural Imagery Reinforces Domestic Roles  

Berger proposed that the reason women are still depicted this way is that the painter assumes that the ‘ideal’ spectator is male, and the woman in the painting is ‘designed to flat...

From men on dog leads to public breast-fondling, Valie Export’s art demanded a total feminist revolution

The performance artist was a brilliantly subversive pioneer whose work exposed the predicament of women living in a world that was not made for us • Renowned feminist artist and f...

“In Full Bloom” Art Exhibition Explores Bodily Autonomy Through A Lens Of Transformation

NYC feminist art gallery The Untitled Space is pleased to present ‘In Full Bloom,‘ a group exhibition curated by Indira Cesarine featuring 34 women artists whose work engages flora...

In Warsaw, “The Woman Question” Dismantles Art History’s Greatest Myth

This sweeping exhibition illustrates that women artists were never absent from the historical record; they were only written out of it.

Arghavan Khosravi Breaks Through Gendered Restrictions in Her Architectural Portraits

Arghavan Khosravi grapples with the structures and ideological strictures that shape our lives. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and s...

Is Yoko Ono Still Our Most Radical Artist?

In the 1960s, she invited an audience to cut off her clothes. As attacks on women’s rights escalate, “Cut Piece” and other decades-old works of feminist art feel more relevant than...

Exhibit illustrates Mary Cassatt's domestic feminism

The American impressionist is known for domestic themes in both public and private life, but in her depictions, like in the women she paints, there is more than first meets the eye...

How Fatinha Ramos Channels ‘Visual Activism’ in Her Richly Layered Illustrations

"Art should broaden how we see the world—and that includes how we see bodies, too.” Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support indep...

Subverting the Nude

In 1970, after living abroad for over seven years, the New York painter Joan Semmel returned to the city, rented a loft in Soho, and, within months, substantially remade herself as...

A different eye: women and the shift in the NZ art market

René Romero Schuler paints so all women and girls can be seen

"I want to put something in the work that shows the vulnerability, the scars, the imperfections, all the things that have shaped who we are. "

Dispatches From Ukraine’s Frontlines, Where Feminist Organizing Has Become an Act of Survival

A lecture and discussion were about to begin in a local public library. It could have been a scene in New York, London or Melbourne. Yet this event was in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, ju...

FEMINIST 250: ‘Founding Feminists’ Public Syllabus

This curated public multimedia syllabus spans the Revolutionary era and the long afterlife of feminist resistance—from the 19th century to the present. It includes works by series...

‘Still lots to talk about’: UK galleries team up to shine light on female artists

Tracey Emin among creators on show at Making Her Mark, a project by Penzance, Worcester and Kirkcaldy galleriesLike many regional galleries, the collection at Penlee House in Cornw...

Self-Defence And Its Long History In Resistance Movements: Need For Redefining As A Feminist Political Act

Any intervention of self-defence that is devoid of such political grounding remains hollow. It cannot continue to position itself as an apolitical, skill-building activity. The pos...

Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2026

The 10th edition of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women is a remarkable display of creativity, place and dialogue, acknowledging a vibrant art scene. The post Max Mara Art Prize for W...

Mighty Real

Tracey Emin’s art has often tackled taboo subjects, including rape, abortion, and sexual abuse, but her multifarious works are always bracingly antitherapeutic.

Then & Now: Histories of Art, Coalition, and Progress

Having lived in cities across this country since Donald Trump’s first election I have witnessed the unveiling of the Trump Era, a time defined by dissolving rights of U.S. citizens...

Why We Need Gender and Women’s Studies Conferences and Coalition Work Now More Than Ever

There’s a palpable buzz in the air when you walk into a gender and women’s studies conference: a mixture of excitement, apprehension, and the relief of finally feeling able to brea...

The Enduring Power of Montage

Cut Out presents the untold relationship between photography, feminist art, and collage through the V&A’s extensive collection. The post The Enduring Power of Montage appeared...

Women Photographers ofthe Bauhaus: A Landmark Show

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin's new exhibition features more than 300 photographs, which showcase the influence of Female Bauhaus-artists.  The post Women Photographers of<br&gt...