“Her Paris” is a revelatory exhibition of the art—and by extension, the lives—of 37 women painters. It’s also a grim reminder of how far women still have to go to secure real space in the history of art.
Author: Bridget Quinn
Bridget Quinn is a writer, art history scholar and educator. She’s the author of Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order) and co-host of the weekly podcast from the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, The GrottoPod: Writers on Writing. She’s currently at work on a forthcoming book about the history of the 19th Amendment and what happened next.
Rest in Power: Remembering Linda Nochlin’s Revolutionary Retelling of Art History
As Linda Nochlin coolly proved nearly half a century ago, even academic inquiry can be an act of revolution.