Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Ave & 103rd Through January 6, 2019 The Museum of the City of New York presents a new feminist exhibition elaborating on the progressive women of the Victorian era. “Rebel Women: Defying Victorianism” focuses on the compelling and often untold stories of the city’s independent, unconventional,…
Professor Renee Adams, a finance professor at Oxford, and her colleagues, Roman Kraussl, Marco Navone, and Patrick Verwijmeren, set out to answer the long asked question of why women artists are often times less famous than their counterparts. In December 2017 they published a study which explored gender discrepancies between men and women in the art world. There…
Exhibit: Liz Nielsen, “HotSpots” Where: Danziger Gallery When: Oct 5 – Dec 27 Liz Nielsen’s HotSpots presents a new group of works that continue her place in ‘cameraless’ photography. Nielson projects her forms on chromogenic paper to create bright and luminous abstractions and because the paper is negative rather than positive, it creates a reversed effect…
On October 17th, in the bustling and windy streets of the Lower East Side in Manhattan, about 20 galleries officially kicked off the start of the first inaugural Lower East Side Art Week. In the hopes of boosting gallery attendance and creating more programming, such as artist talks, tours, performances, and panel discussions, Lesley Heller and Bart…
Women remain underrepresented in the art world, whether that be in gallery space or museums. However, at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2018, there was an active effort made to counter these effects as women were seen in positions of authority and within every level of the programming. In its 16th year, Frieze featured over…
