From Mary Cassatt to Howardena Pindell, Here Are 8 Inspiring Shows Around the World to See This International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day, which feels particularly charged in 2018, given the recent Women’s Marches and the #metoo and #timesup campaigns, which have been shaking up the arts and culture industries.
Increasingly, art institutions around the world are paying attention to the diversity of representation within their collections and programs. Take Uffizi director Eike Schmidt, who committed last year to including more women artists in the prestigious Italian museum. And Sam Keller, director of the Beyeler Foundation in Switzerland, told artnet News in a recent interview that he plans to break through his museum’s “glass ceiling.”
Despite these efforts, there is a still long way to go to increase visibility and close the gender pay gap in the art world (and beyond). But for now, let’s celebrate some of the impressive exhibitions featuring women artists currently on view around the world.
1. ‘Home Strike‘ at L’Étrangère, London
This group exhibition, guest curated by Alexandra Kokoli and Basia Sliwinska, brings together works by four female artists, including CANAN, Paula Chambers, Malgorzata Markiewicz, and the pioneering 1970s feminist artist Su Richardson. The show is a contemporary revisit of the domestic biopolitics that defined feminism in the 1970s, investigating the impact this movement has had on intersectional discussions on class, gender, and global inequalities.
“Home Strike” is on view at L’Étrangère through April 21 at 44a Charlotte Road, London.
2. Ellen Cantor at Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
Ellen Cantor rose to prominence in the 1990s as a part of a new generation of feminist artists that were challenging female representation. The artist, who died in 2013, unabashedly combined imagery from pop culture, pornography, and politics, questioning previously held norms. A seminal body of personal works, including paintings, sculptures, and drawings, is on view at the Berlin gallery.
“Perversion is the Belief in True Love” by Ellen Cantor is on view until March 24 at Isabella Bortolozzi, at Schöneberger Ufer 61 10785 in Berlin.