The exhibition brings together legions of courageous women who made political works of art about their lives to tell the story of the feminist movements of the 1970s and the 1980s.
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Acts of Creation is an incisive look at over 100 women artists who have created art representing their lived experiences of mothering and care-giving, from joy and grief to ambivalence.
A ‘childish’ prank that will ‘harm’ MONA? Hardly. The world loves an art forger – and now they have a female star.
This is a rare opportunity to see works by female artists that depict the landscape in a multitude of ways.
A comprehensive show foregrounding the work of mostly lesser-known female artists.
Colonial settlers made myriad objects with problematic portrayals of First Nations people. Now, a number of artists are using these objects in their work to retell these stories.
Notwithstanding the proliferation of exhibitions devoted to women, the question that feminists asked in the 1980s is more relevant than ever.
Abramović’s foray into the wellness industry is not particularly surprising. As of 2024, she positions herself as an artist-life-coach.
We had no government funding, no governing structure and no workshop. Yet we produced a huge range of political posters, many of which are now in national collections and have been exhibited often.
Any policy interventions from Creative Australia to support visual and craft artists’ incomes will need to take a sector-wide approach.
Surreal Spaces paints a portrait of fragility and strength, passion and determination.
Yevonde was a celebrated portraitist, innovative colourist and advocate for women in the profession. In short, a pioneer.
Neel’s attention to the sensuous human subject, irrespective but mindful of race, gender, status and sexuality, was rare and undervalued, yet now seems prophetic.
A round up of some fascinating art tomes published this year, with a strong showing on women artists.
Despite her extensive and versatile oeuvre, Blankenhorn has received limited attention from the art world.
Women artists from a non-English-speaking background suffer a triple earnings penalty. But there is no gender pay gap among remote Indigenous artists.
People in our experiments liked art by women – but believed women’s paintings are less attractive for investment.
Family members seeking to control women artists isn’t new. In the 1920s, doctors thought sculptor Camille Claudel could be released from the care of an asylum, but her family refused.
Known for her soft capturing of tonal shifts and poignant moments, painter Clarice Beckett’s legacy was almost lost to time and decay. Now her work is being celebrated in a major exhibition.
The first female student at the famous Makerere University art school, Karuga only began an art career when she retired at 60. She ended up showing internationally.
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Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication. Editor in chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
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Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, University of Adelaide
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Research Project Director at the Department of Economics, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Art History, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Sound in the Arts, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor of Art History, Curatorship and Museum Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow for Southern Pacific Archaeological Research, University of Otago
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University
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Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Liverpool Hope University
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Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in Medical Humanities, University of York
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Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University
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Emeritus professor, History, The University of Melbourne
