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Judy Chicago "PowerPlay Series: Doublehead with Gold Tear/Help Me", edition 6/12, 1986 Collection Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation © Judy Chicago/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Photo © Donald Woodman/ARS, New York

You won’t want to miss this treat from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Pioneering feminist artist Judy Chicago is being celebrated with the first retrospective of her work at the de Young Museum (San Francisco), where visitors will … Continued

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Nancy Spero is now a celebrated artist, but when she started her career as an artist, she struggled to gain footing. That was her reality as a woman working in the arts in the 1960s (or for any industry, even … Continued

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Painting by Joan Snyder

Very few people have had the ability to have lasting career as an artist, and if you’re a woman, it only becomes more difficult. Joan Snyder is one of the few who have managed to not only survive in the … Continued

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If you discover century-old photographs of brothels and decide to publish them in a book, as Robert Flynn Johnson did, you’d do well to get Dita Von Teese to write the introduction. Leave it to the ladies to contextualize scenes … Continued

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William Goldman brothel photos from 1892
Print by Anne Collier

What is the most contested thing on this earth? Well, readers, not to make any bold claims, but I think the female body is certainly at the top of the list. All forms of media and representation throughout history lends … Continued

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