NewsLaw
France reconfirms that women baring their breasts in public is illegal—even for artists and protestors
Two women who are part of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen were charged for topless protests, one of which was in a Paris museum
NewsFrieze Los Angeles 2020
Dressing for success, an artist helps women demand their due
Michele Pred is asking artists, their dealers and potential collectors to commit to a price hike for works of art by women
NewsCensorship
UN condemns threats against Kyrgyz museum director who staged feminist art exhibition
Museum hosted a 'Feminnale' that included performance work highlighting plight of sex workers
NewsFeminism
Women artists fight for reproductive rights with US election fundraising show
"I want to normalise abortion as a life-saving medical procedure, mentally and physically," says Marilyn Minter
BlogDiary
‘I can divide my life into before and after Judy Chicago’: Gloria Steinem reveals how the artist changed her thoughts about art at Hammer Museum gala
NewsCensorship
Feminist exhibition in China suddenly axed following alleged governmental pressure
Show in Shanghai cancelled after being deemed "too sensitive" to run during 70th anniversary of country's founding
NewsUSA
Chicago project is growing a community for artist mothers
Extended Practice organises discussions, child-friendly performances and events with babysitters
InterviewAndrea Bowers
Interview: Andrea Bowers discusses power dynamics post #MeToo
The artist, whose work is causing a stir at Art Basel, aims to keep alive conversations on the toxic nature of power that sparked the feminist social movement
InterviewFrieze New York 2019
Collector's Eye: Alejandra Castro Rioseco on collecting the work of female artists
Latin American artists feature prominently in the collection of the Chilean supporter of women's rights
NewsControversies
Gaetano Pesce's anti-patriarchy sculpture outrages feminists in Milan
Work created for Milan Design Week perpetuates violence against women, critics say
PreviewExhibitions
She persisted: DC’s National Portrait Gallery looks at the history of the women’s vote
One of the longest reform movements in American history, which continues to be an issue today, is explored in the show
NewsArt market
Galleries are focusing on female artists to tackle the industry's gender divide
Dealers are attempting to redress the balance as report shows that women continue to be underrepresented
ReviewBooks
Frida Kahlo's letters conceal nothing and reveal nothing
Kahlo’s communications with her mother are unsurprisingly banal
NewsPodcast
Gender reassignment: how dealers tried to attribute female Old Master paintings as work by men
On The Art Newspaper podcast, we find out about the scandalous faking of signatures helped keep a female painter out of the spotlight
Podcast
Sisters are painting it for themselves: meet the female Old Masters finding prominence at last
We speak to curators Letizia Treves and Jordana Pomeroy about the growing trend to bring historical female artists to the fore. Plus, Kate MacGarry tells us about participating in Condo London. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsPodcast
Surreal ideas about sex: how Dorothea Tanning and Leonor Fini resisted being pigeonholed by their gender
On The Art Newspaper podcast this week, we explore the life and work of two women connected to Surrealism whose work had until recently been overlooked
FeatureFrieze London 2018
Social Work: eight dissenting female artists feature in Frieze London’s new section
Work that challenged male-dominated art world of the 1980s and 1990s on show as UK marks centenary of women's suffrage
NewsExhibitions
Feminist photographer Anne Brigman rediscovered in Nevada Art Museum show
The artist, once championed by Alfred Stieglitz, fell into obscurity after her death in 1950
BlogIn the frame
Artist Michele Pred wants to help everyone “speak up like Dr. Blasey Ford”
NewsFeminism
Women in the arts in Argentina condemn vote against the legalisation of abortion
Despite their disappointment, they remain optimistic
ArchiveTate Britain
Art and the appetite for destruction: Histories of British Iconoclasm on now at Tate Britain
Tate Britain examines the history of those who have targeted art, from Henry VIII to the present
ArchiveFrieze
Spotlight: an alternative canon of 20th-century art or savvy sales strategy?
Frieze Masters both embraces and challenges the idea of 'masters'
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Lynda Benglis: Not a material girl
The artist on the 1970s feminist movement, pornography and that Artforum advert
ArchiveArt Basel
Where are the women of Art Basel?
High priced male artists such as Warhol and Picasso dominate the stands
ArchiveArtist interview
Is it a bird? A plane? No, just a G-string: Interview with artist E.V. Day
E.V. Day on thongs, Stealth Bombers and why her latest work stretches elasticity to its limit
ArchiveExhibitions
Nancy Spero's War series on display at Galerie Lelong
The artistic equivalent of standing in front of a tank
ArchiveLee Krasner
What's on in New York: Lee Krasner at the Robert Miller Gallery
The artist's late works show her escaping the Abstract Expressionists and creating a world of her own
ArchiveAppointments & departures
New appointment at the Pontifical Academy, Rome
Letizia Pani Ermini, the specialist in medieval archaeology, has been appointed president of the Pontifical Academy in Rome by the Pope.
ArchiveFrida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo: Toted as the female Van Gogh, Kahlo draws the crowds
As “Frida” hits the screens, the cult painter’s art–and spin-offs–are in high demand
ArchiveFrida Kahlo
Copenhagen gets treated to exhibition of substantial private Kahlo collection
The Dolores Olmedo Patiño collection—the world’s largest of the artist’s work—is on tour