A simple guide to going Braless
6 April 2021 • Gaston La-Gaffe
Bras are deemed must-have staples for every woman’s wardrobe. They offer support and coverage to make your clothes feel and… Read More
Tag: women
Interview with Marlee Katz and Danielle Dewar, who bravely launched their gallery in the midst of these hard times
14 September 2020 • Irene Machetti
A new gallery, founded by Marlee Katz and Danielle Dewar, is opening in New York. Tchotchke Gallery, directed by two… Read More
Liv Schulman ‘An international subconscious awareness of capitalism’
6 March 2020 • Irene Machetti
‘An international subconscious awareness of capitalism’ is the first solo-show of Argentinian artist Liv Schulman at the Venetian gallery A plus A .
Mimetic food: how Heather Sincavage exposes trauma, and heals from it
16 April 2019 • Irene Machetti
Read my interview with Heather Sincavage. The performace artists employs food metaphoric properties (both symbolically and visually) to explore and explode trauma.
Judy Chicago on the Beatles: ‘They represent things we have lost – hope and freedom’
1 June 2017 • Syndicate
For Sgt Pepper’s 50th anniversary, the great psychedelic visionary of feminist art has created a giant mop-top mural inspired by Fixing a Hole – a song that sums up what she has spent her entire career doing
Feminism doesn’t need more female statues – it needs political action
29 March 2017 • Mark Westall
Bulgarian artist Erka has rightly protested against Sofia’s total lack of statues of women by erecting her own pop-up versions. But permanent statues don’t advance feminism – they trap people in the past
Life at the sharp end: Jessie Knight, Britain’s first female tattoo artist
14 March 2017 • Syndicate
A stuntwoman and artist, this 20th-century trailblazer was slandered and robbed by her rivals. As a new exhibition assesses the history of British tattoos, we reappraise the life of a radical
Tate Modern highlights pop art by women ignored by sexist establishment
15 September 2015 • Mark Westall
Many of the works overlooked in the 1960s and 70s will be seen in public for the first time when they go on display in London
Afghan artist dons armour to counter men’s street harassment
14 March 2015 • Mark Westall
Kubra Khademi’s eight-minute walk in Kabul wearing steel armour that emphasised her body shape inspires anger and death threats
REVIEW: “Death Becomes Her” @MetMuseum
25 October 2014 • VC Maurer
Just in time for Halloween, the Anna Wintour Costume Institute at the MET has unveiled it’s first Fall exhibition in seven years.”Death Becomes Her” showcases a century of mourning attire (1815 to 1915) as well as illustrations, paintings, and daguerreotypes, all dedicated to the etiquette of bereavement.
Have Pussy Riot sparked a new wave of grrl power?
22 August 2012 • Mark Westall
The Pussy Riot trial sparked global protest. Will it mobilise artists, too? Laura Snapes meets music’s angry young women