Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the founding members of the art collective Pussy Riot, is a once-in-a-generation rebel. Following an anti-Putin protest that took place in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, an action now known as Pussy Riot’s “Punk Prayer,” Nadya and several fellow protesters were infamously sentenced to prison in 2012. Little did Nadya…
Earlier this month, feminist artist Judy Chicago and founding member of Pussy Riot Nadya Tolokonnikova launched What if Women Ruled the World, a metaverse project that begins with a blockchain-enabled call-and-response. The project invites feminist allies around the world to answer questions on the website of creative agency DMINTI. The responses will be used to…
On September 29th, 2022, The Untitled Magazine celebrated the launch of “The REBEL Issue” and its coinciding group show, The “REBEL” Exhibition, at The Untitled Space in Tribeca, NY. Artists, contributors, and friends of the magazine packed the gallery for a first look at the 10th Anniversary Collector’s Print Edition and the artwork of over…
Art collective, performance artists, girl group, punk band, anarchists… Pussy Riot has been labeled many different ways over the years, although few truly grasp the full scope of what they are about and many have perhaps underestimated their brilliance. Originally a roughly dozen-member Russian feminist collective, Pussy Riot is now a fully-fledged protest movement and…
On February 24th, Russia aggressively invaded Ukraine's capital Kyiv in a surprise invasion to take over the country by force. The capital was attacked by missile strikes and rockets crashing into residential buildings forcing civilians to flee. More than 2.5 million people have so far fled Ukraine because of Russia's invasion, in what the UN…
Pussy Riot stands for gender fluidity, inclusivity, matriarchy, love, laughter, decentralization, anarchy, and anti-authoritarianism. Today, hundreds of people identify as a part of the Pussy Riot community. Conceptual artist and activist Nadya Tolokonnika, founding member of Pussy Riot, was sentenced in 2012 to 2 years imprisonment following an anti-Putin performance. She went through a…
Russian girl group, Pussy Riot, has made it their mission to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin and his policies concerning feminism and LGBTQ+ rights through guerrilla performances in public places, which are then filmed as music videos and posted on the Internet. Many of these performances resulted in members of the group being arrested and others…
Over Memorial Day weekend, Harvard Stadium served as the adventurous backdrop for the 9th edition of Boston Calling. Over the course of three days, festival goers were treated to performances from artists including The Killers, Paramore, Pussy Riot, Jack White and The National. Brockhampton gave an emotional performance after the departure of founding member Ameer…
On May 14th, Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot and artist Marina Abramovic sat down for a conversation on performance and activism, moderated by Melena Ryzik of The New York Times. The discussion was hosted by the newspaper's TimesTalks series, live events featuring creative pioneers and the publication's talented columnists and writers. Last month, the TimesTalks Festival…
TimesTalks: Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova & Marina Abramovich May 14th, 2018, 7:00pm Florence Gould Hall: 55 East 59th Street, NYC Tickets HERE Following the success of the recent TimesTalks Festival, the program of live performances and conversations has announced its next event, this time hosting Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova and performance artist Marina Abramovich. The two…
The 3rd edition of Day For Night, a music and arts festival and summit, takes place December 15-17 in Houston, Texas. This year’s lineup will include musicians like Nine Inch Nails, Tyler, The Creator, James Blake, Solange, Cardi B, Pussy Riot, Cashmere Cat, and so many others. Day for Night 2017 feature very diverse bunch…
View Photo Gallery of The Watermill Center "Fada: House of Madness" benefit (50 photos) On July 30th, the Watermill Center welcomed more than 1,000 guests to the Hamptons for the Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation’s 23rd Annual Summer Benefit & Auction. Themed “FADA: House of Madness,” this year’s event drew its biggest crowd ever, which may…
IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE ART WORLD, though responsible for propagating spectacular, history-shaping movements, has been at best an uneven playing field for men versus women in the fight for respect and artistic reification. At worst it’s served as an unassailable fortress wherein institutionalized sexism is not just a latent function of the system…
On February 21st, 2012, five members of the Russian girl group Pussy Riot staged a performance on the soleas of a church in Moscow. Their performance was stopped by church security but their "riot" had already been turned into a music video entitled "Punk Prayer - Mother of God, Chase Putin Away!" The following month, two…
Fire In Her Belly Maloney Fine Art 2680 South La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034 June 8 - July 20 Maloney Fine Art will be presenting Fire in Her Belly, an exhibition that revisits the role of censorship, surveillance and suppression of artists during the culture wars sparked by the AIDS crisis in the…
