Ahhh... nothing like the second wave of feminism to fire up the engines of the feminist art movement. The feminist art movement kicked off full throttle during the second wave of feminism (1960s - 1980s), sparked by the civil and gay rights movements and anti-war demonstrations. Feminist artists during this era had a mission —…
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"THE UN-HEROIC ACT: Representations of Rape in Contemporary Women’s Art in the U.S." September 4th – November 2nd, 2018 The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY: 860 11th Ave, New York Inspired by feminist journalist Susan Brownmiller’s Against Our Will - Men, Women and Rape (1975), Monika Fabijanska curated "THE UN-HEROIC…
"Attitude: Portraits by Mary Ellen Mark 1964 - 2015" Howard Greenberg Gallery 41 East 57th Street, Suite 1406, New York May 5 - June 19, 2016 "Attitude: Portraits by Mary Ellen Mark 1964 - 2015," an exhibition of photographs from the late Mary Ellen Mark, will be on display at the Howard Greenberg Gallery from…
Join hosts, Beth Ditto and Golden Globe Winner, Rachel Bloom on April 29th for "Girls to the Front", benefiting the Girls Rock Camp Foundation at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. There will be a special performance by girl power, sister group, HAIM, while the event will honor Universal Music Group's executive, Ethiopia Habtemariam, and songwriting team,…
On March 15th, at an exclusive event, filmmaker and designer Jennifer Elster launched her pop-up shop in Tribeca. With models donning full leather masks amid projected videos of Elster with Yoko Ono and Terrance Howard, and a performance piece entitled Gender Execution, the artist created an immersive and interactive environment. The evening's guests included Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, Rosie…
WRITER AND ART CRITIC LUCY R. LIPPARD ONCE SAID THAT FEMINIST ART is not just a style or a movement, but also “a value system, a revolutionary strategy, a way of life.” It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when a range of shared opinions and collective experiences became the movement we now know as feminism, but…
New York Academy of Art’s highly anticipated Take Home a Nude art auction and party will take place on October 15th at Sotheby’s in New York City. Take Home a Nude 2015 will honor early board member and supporter of the Academy, novelist Tom Wolfe, and longtime Academy supporter, art critic Jerry Saltz. In recognition…
Pirelli, the famous NSFW fashion calendar, have completely switched up the vibes for their 2016 edition. Instead of featuring nude fashion models, each month will present an influential woman (fully dressed) instead. Smart women Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Serena Williams, American author Fran Lebowitz, Amy Schumer, Tavi Gevinson, Selma director Ava DuVernay, American philanthropist Agnes Gund, blockbuster…
IN A GENERATION WHERE THE WORDS “FEMINISM” and “feminist” are the most polarizing “f-words,” gender issues and the fight for equality continue to be at the forefront of cultural dialogue. Today some women unblinkingly refer to themselves as feminists, while others prefer to not label themselves for a myriad of reasons. Yet when it’s…
Yoko Ono: "Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971" Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY May 17 - September 7, 2015 Yoko Ono has exhibited at the MoMA before, in an advertised "one woman show," consisting of a plaque that informed visitors that the artist had released flies on the Museum…
David Guetta created the concept of the superstar DJ, encompassing celebrity while building the genre. Yet even at the top, it’s connecting with fans and honing his skills as a DJ to create a legendary party vibe that remains the most important to him. It's this connection that led him to fall in love with…
Emma Watson has taken the helm at one of the most talked about initiatives for gender equality. Her U.N. speech in September, where she launched the community #HeforShe, encouraging men and boys to stand up their sisters, drew worldwide interest. The video of her speech was watched over 11 million times. And the website of…
In modern day pop-culture, the term "feminist" has found itself casually thrown about by today's most famous pop-stars. Two of today’s most ubiquitous pop princesses, Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry, proudly vocalize that they themselves are feminists, despite the fact that they might be misinformed about what this truly means, and subsequently misinterpret or misrepresent…
On Wednesday night the first Amnesty International concert in 16 years was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn featuring big names such as Madonna, Debbie Harry, Pussy Riot, Yoko Ono, and Lauryn Hill. The purpose of the concert was to raise awareness of human rights violations around the world as well as to recruit new members to Amnesty International.…
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…
Independent Curators International (ICI) hosted its Annual Benefit & Auction honoring Miuccia Prada with the 2013 Leo Award, and Germano Celant with the 2013 Agnes Gund Curatorial Award. The Awards, created by artist Liz Glynn, were presented by Agnes Gund, ICI Trustee Emerita, and accepted on behalf of Fondazione Prada by Mr. Celant. The evening…
The Hole gallery on the Bowery in downtown Manhattan currently has on display the exhibit "Portrait of a Generation" from now until August 10, featuring the work of over 100 New York artists. The show includes artists such as Yoko Ono, Aurel Schmidt, Cass Bird, Terence Koh, Olivier Zahm, Cynthia Rowley, Dash Snow, Gordon Hull and Ryan McGinley,…
[slidepress gallery='events-chanel-little-black-jacket'] On June 6th, the New York fashion crowd came out to admire and celebrate Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld's collaboration The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s Classic Revisited. The event was packed with iconic models including 80's superstar Linda Evangelista, fashion trendsetters such as Visionaire's Stephen Gan and of course the entire Roitfeld…