Reexamining the Groundbreaking Spectacle of Feminist Art

[ad_1] This article is part of our latest article Special section on museumsfocusing on new artists, new audiences, and new ways of thinking about exhibitions. “Twenty-Six Contemporary Women Artists” opened in London in 1971. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Conn was the first exhibition of its kind in this country, organized by a feminist art …

Bell hooks, Black Feminist Breaking the Road, dies at 69

[ad_1] Bell Hooks, whose sharp, far-reaching writing on gender and race helped move feminism beyond the white, middle-class worldview to include the voices of Black and working-class women, died Wednesday at her home in Berea, Ky. 69. His sister, Gwenda Motley, said the cause was end-stage renal disease. In 1981, “Am I Not a Woman? …

The Married Couple Behind the Dreamy Feminist Action Movie ‘Mayday’

[ad_1] When cinematographer Sam Levy and now-married writer and director Karen Cinorre, in her forties, first met in a film class as undergraduates at Brown, she was taken aback by the fact that she had “read all these interesting texts about him.” magic, environments and optical tricks you can play with the camera,” he says. …

Paula Caplan, 74, Died; Feminist Psychologist Assumed Her Profession

[ad_1] The couple divorced in 1978. A previous marriage also ended in divorce. Dr. Caplan’s son Jeremy survives along with his daughter; brother Bruce; and five grandchildren. After moving to Canada, Dr. Caplan worked as a psychologist at the Toronto Family Court for three years. Among her first efforts was a study of assertiveness between …