The Easel

13th September 2022

Vagina scrolls and tongue-kissing with cats: Carolee Schneemann is one of art’s great rebels

Hettie Judah | iNews | 8th September 2022

Irate at the unfair treatment of female artists, Schneemann decided to provoke. When her abstract paintings didn’t have much impact, she tried performance art, working in the nude. Some of her performances may now look silly, like writhing around among chickens and fish. One critic hints at exhibitionism by an artist who was “flawlessly beautiful”. Still, Schneemann emphatically made her point with works that are “highlights of the performance art canon”.

Telling the story of art—without men

Francesca Peacock | Prospect | 8th September 2022

Shows of long overlooked female artists now happen regularly. Has equal treatment for female artists finally arrived? Not really. A new art history constructs a timeline of female artists back to the Renaissance. It features 300(!) artists, many of whom have only come to light as a result of recent scholarship. Surely, art history texts need a re-write. Asks the author “How did museums get away with celebrating the history of patriarchy instead of the history of art?”

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