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This Friday, The Women’s Museum in Denmark opens 64-Occupations and Collections featuring Kirsten Justesen in an historical exhibitition about the daughters of war and a look at anti-authoritarian feminism.

(announcement for 64 – Occupations and Collections. Courtesy: Kvindemuseet.)

Also on Friday, Melanie Herzog, art historian and director of Women’s and Gender Studies at Edgewood College will be speaking at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Wisconsin. Herzog will discuss MMoCA’s current exhibition, Girls and Company: Feminist Works from MMoCA’s Permanent Collection, on view through July 20th.

(Frances Myers, The Martyrdom, from the portfolio Point of Departure, 1984. Linoleum cut on paper, 20 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.)

Curated by Joanne Hinkel, LADYLIKE: A proper take on feminist art, just opened at Chicago’s Koscielak Gallery. Featuring a group of ten feminist artists using everything from fiber to video, this exhibition runs through July 30, 2008.

(Jessica Hannah, Red Phone Showroom No.6, 2007, A photo still of a performance within a mixed-media installation from the Columbia College Chicago MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Show. Courtesy of Koscielak Gallery.)

Gender This, a current exhibition at the Andrea Meislin Gallery features artist Shelley Adler. Through the medium of portraiture, Adler focuses on the female gaze and the journey through adolescence in her exploration of gender identity. Don’t miss this artist’s first solo exhibition in New York, closing June 21, 2008.

(Shelley Adler, Party Girl, 2008, Oil on canvas, 96 x 72 inches. Courtesy of the Andrea Meislin Gallery.)

The Frida Kahlo retrospective continues its tour this month at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This legendary artist had the guts to embark on a career in easel painting at a time in Mexico when macho muralists reined supreme, which perhaps makes her struggles with illness and the drama of her personal life secondary to the impact of her work. This retrospective is definitely worth checking out for feminists and Kahlo fans alike, and will be up through September 28, 2008.

(Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (Autorretrato con collar de espinas y colibrí), 1940. Courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.)

Closing on June 27, 2008, everydaypeople explores issues of sex and gender in everyday life. Check this exhibition out at Chicago’s estudiotres!

(Doug Ischar, Untitled, Belmont Rocks, Chicago, 1984. Digital Archival Print - 36″ x 24″. Courtesy: estudiotres.)

Photographer, video artist, and associate professor at the California College of the Arts, Tammy Rae Carland is also the author of such titles as Lesbian Art in America and The Passionate Camera; Queer Bodies of Desire. This internationally known feminist artist’s solo exhibition, An Archive of Feelings, is opening June 20th at the Silverman Gallery in San Francisco.

(Tammy Rae Carland, Untitled, Lesbian Bed #1. Courtesy of the artist.)

Last but not least, Susan Hefuna’s exhibition Knowledge is Sweeter than Honey opened yesterday in conjunction with Vito Acconci’s solo exhibition at Albion Gallery’s SoHo location, 102 Prince St, 4th Floor, btw Greene and Mercer.

(Susan Hefuna. Woman behind Mashrabiya I, 1997. Courtesy of the artist.)