(Shigeyuki Kihara, Fa’a fafine: In the Manner of a Woman, 2004-05, C-type photograph, edition of, 5, 80 x 60 cm, photograph: coylehall, post production: coylehall & Bronga Rhind Eglese. Courtesy of Sherman Galleries.)
Assemblage opens this Saturday, October 11th, at Galerie Laurent Godin in Paris. The show will feature the work of Scoli Acosta, Lamarche et Ovize, Corinne Marchetti, Vincent Olinet, and Hsia-Fei Chang. Hsia-Fei Chang contributed a performance titled Strawberry Wine to Global Feminisms here at the Brooklyn Museum in 2007. This feminist performance artist also does photography and installation, so if you happen to be around in the next month, Assemblage will be up until November 15th!

(Hsia-Fei Chang, Strawberry Wine, Performance at the Brooklyn Museum, March 25, 2007, for Global Feminisms. Image courtesy of the artist.)

Surface Library in Easthampton, New York, just opened Figuratively Speaking, a group exhibition featuring the work of Abby Abrams, Ann Brandeis, Eunice Golden, Barbara Groot, Richard MacDonald, Jerry Schwabe, and Thomas J. Shelford. This dedicated feminist artist and activist was a founder of Soho20, a women artist-run gallery here in New York in 1973. Her body-landscape painting was quite controversial at that time, shunned by many museums and galleries. This exhibition will be on view until November 2nd.

(Eunice Golden. CRUCIFIXION #1, 1969. Courtesy of the artist.)

MANEATER just opened at Deitch Projects on Grand Street in Manhattan. This solo exhibition by Aurel Schmidt takes some of the more abject elements in nature, as well as society’s waste, and uses them to transform Grecian busts, portraits, and Modernist works. This exhibition will be up until November 1st. Also, at Deitch Projects in Long Island City tonight, there will be a talk with Swoon, Ann Messner and Kiki Smith, moderated by Carlo McCormick. The talk will be from 7-9pm, and will cover Swoon’s current exhibition, Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea and Todd Chandler’s upcoming film FLOOD, shot from Swoon’s sculptural boats.

(Aurel Schmidt, Medusa, 2007, Pencil on paper, 18 x 28 inches. Courtesy of Deitch Projects.)

Paula Wilson’s first solo exhibition in New York opens today at Bellwether Gallery. The Stained Glass Ceiling features Wilson’s work over the past three years, during which time she used printmaking, painting, and collage to question the role of the decorative in the lives of women and art. The Stained Glass Ceiling will be up until November 15th.

(Paula Wilson, Lady, 2008, 120 x 72 inches, Mixed media on paper mounted to canvas with wood slats. Courtesy of Bellwether Galley.)

Don’t forget feminist artist and author Sabra Moore is giving a talk in the Forum this Saturday from 2-4pm! She will be discussing her new book, ON THE MOVE: A Memoir of the Women’s Art Movement, in conjunction with the exhibition, Migrate, that she just organized for Gallery 128 in Manhattan. Click here for more info!

(Renée Cox, Lolivya (BW), from the series, Queen Nanny of the Maroons, 2004. 
Digital ink-jet print on watercolor paper, 53 x 43″. Courtesy of the artist.)

A retrospective of the work of Audrey Flack is in it’s last weeks at LewAllen Contemporary. Audrey Flack: Abstract Expressionist to Photo-Realist includes works by the artist from 1949 to 1977. This lone female pioneer of the photo-realist movement has spent recent years creating monumental statues of female goddesses with the hope of offsetting the overabundance of male monumental statuary. Audrey Flack: Abstract Expressionist to Photo-Realist closes October 12th.

(Audrey Flack , Matzo Meal, 1962. Oil On Canvas, 14.5 in x 18.5 in. Courtesy of LewAllen Contemporary.)

NOISE: New Works by Marilyn Henrion opened yesterday at Noho Gallery. This artist’s dedication to textile art is exemplified in her quilted artworks of the past. Henrion continues her commitment with this exhibition, taking up rug hooking as her new media. This show runs until October 25th.

(Marilyn Henrion, Cornerstone, 2008. Courtesy of the Artist.)

Overflow opens at Laconia Gallery in Boston on October 3rd. This exibition features artists Sara Hairston-Medice, Mary O’Malley, and Resa Blateman. These three women embrace nature and the decorative in their artwork, at times using reproductive imagery and embracing stereotypically feminine mediums in their work. If you’re in the area, mosey on over before this one closes on November 22.

(Mary O’Malley, Untitled, 2008, ink on paper, (detail). Courtesy of Laconia Gallery.)

Catherine Opie: American Photographer just opened at the Guggenheim. This exhibition features artwork by this feminist artist from the 1990’s through today. Opie’s photography deals with queer politics and the American landscape, and her work was show as part of Global Feminisms here at the Center. Catherine Opie: American Photographer will be on view until January 7th.

(Catherine Opie, Justin Bond, 1993. Chromogenic print, edition of 8, 20 x 16 inches. Courtesy of the Guggenheim.)

(Cecily Brown, Untitled (#38), 2007. Oil on linen, 12-1/2 x 17 inches. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery.)

The first part of A.I.R Gallery: The History Show, just opened last week at the Tracey/Barry Gallery at NYU’s Bobst Library. This multi-part exhibition features artwork and archival materials from A.I.R.’s opening in 1972 to present, and will include October and November openings at the A.I.R Gallery’s new location on Front Street in DUMBO. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the first artist-run, not-for-profit art gallery for women artists in the United States.

(Image from A.I.R. Gallery: The History Show. Courtesy of A.I.R Gallery.)

The Myth of Loneliness, featuring artist Amy Wilson, just opened at BravinLee Programs in Manhattan. With a style that is reminiscent of a long forgotten childhood methodology, Wilson uses watercolor and text bubbles to unfold her narratives. This exhibition will be open to the public until October 18th.

(Amy Wilson, It was harder for girls, I think, 2007. 5 1/2 x 7 inches, watercolor on paper. Courtesy of the artist.)

PASSWORDS 5. Our Bodies, Our Selves, an exhibition whose title references the 1970’s health book written by feminist activists, just opened at Centro Cultural Montehermoso in Vitoria-Gastiez, Spain. This group show includes the artwork of Trisha Baga, Pauline Boudry & Nao Bustamante, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Leah Gilliam, K8 Hardy & Wynne Greenwood, Marriage (Math Bass & Wu Ingrid Tsang), Alex McQuilkin. The 8 videos featured in this exhibition will be up until February 1st, so if you’re in the area between now and then, definitely add this one to your docket!

(Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Uh-Ohtopia, 2007. Courtesy of Montehermoso .)

Patricia Barube: Paintings, Drawings and Monoprints will be closing this week at Soho20 Gallery. Barube uses the human figure to investigate familial relationships and events in her paintings, and even creates a portrait of an ancient Greek fertility goddess in the work pictured below.

(Patricia Barube, Ancient Greek Doll, 2008, Oil on canvas. Courtesy of Soho20 Gallery.)

Steve DeFrank: Mirror, Mirror, currently on view at Margaret Thatcher Projects, is deceptively playful as it confronts stereotypes about homosexuality. DeFrank has embraced his new medium of casein, rather than the lite-brite, which he used so often in the past, to create both sculptural and graffiti-like works. Check this show out before it closes on October 18th!

(Steve DeFrank, Fairy Nice, 2007. Casein on panel, 48″ x 48″. Courtesy of Thatcher Projects.)

(Louise Bourgeois, Installation view of Echo, 2008. Courtesy of Cheim and Reid.)

The Guerilla Girls and Brainstormers invaded Chelsea this past weekend!!! A veritable street action for feminists and anti-feminists alike, participants were invited to fill out postcards mad lib style and distribute them to all galleries showing mostly male art. Anyone who thinks that feminist art exhibitions have become too plentiful and are a sign of discrimination against male artists were invited to join the picket line of the newly formed protest group MAN (Male Art Now). Did you participate in the Guerrilla Girls/Brainstormers action? If so, we want to hear about it! Please share your comments with us below!

(Mad libs and picket signs for the invasion of Chelsea. Image courtesy of Kathe Kallowitz.)

This Tuesday, September 16th, NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality will be hosting a talk titled (Un)Patriot Acts: Art, Activism and State Power from the ‘Culture Wars’ to the ‘War on Terror’. Artists Karen Finley, Chitra Ganesh, Miriam Ghani, Steve Kurtz, and Rebecca Schneider and moderator Karen Shimakawa will discuss the politics of art and art-making in a post-9/11 society. This event is open to the public and will begin at 7pm at Jurow Hall, Silver Center, at 31 Washington Place on the first floor.

(Chitra Ganesh. The Awakening, 2004. Courtesy of the artist.)

Nalini Malani’s latest exhibition Listening to the Shades opens this Thursday, September 18th at the Arario Gallery in Manhattan. This exhibition features Malani’s recent work, forty-two new paintings and a sound installation based on the Greek myth of Cassandra, a symbol for the unfinished business of the feminist movement.

(Nalini Malani, Medea III, 2006, Acrylic and enamel reverse painting on acrylic sheet. Courtesy of Arario Gallery.)

New Blood, an exhibition including the art of Nao Bustamante, opened at Vertex List in Greenpoint, Brooklyn this past Saturday. Bustamante is a performance and video artist, and in the past has collaborated with the likes of legendary performance artist Coco Fusco. At the opening, Bustamante kept the packed gallery mesmerized with her piece, “Given Over to Want,” a twenty minute solo that explored issues of waste, consumption, and gender. The work of artists Sasha Dela, Sergio De La Torre, Double Happiness, Sujin Lee, Jeanne Verdoux and Lance Wakeling will also be featured in this exhibition which will be up until Sunday, October 12th.

(Nao Bustamante, Given Over to Want, 2008, performance, 20 min. Courtesy of Vertex List.)

(Joan Snyder, A Girl’s Life, 2008. acrylic, herbs, rosebuds, velvet, on burlap, 36 inches x 48 inches.)

Prominent feminist artist Joan Snyder has an exhibition of her political paintings on view at the Danforth Museum in Farmingham, MA through November 23rd, and will be giving an artist’s talk this Sunday, September 21 at noon. Check out the Museum’s website for more info!

(Erika Rothenberg, Los Alamos, 2005. Courtesy of the Artist.)

Swoon’s solo exhibition, Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea, will be opening at Deitch Projects in Long Island City this Sunday, September 7th. In conjunction with the exhibition, swoon will be docking of a fleet of handmade sculptural ships at the waterfront adjacent to Deitch Projects, which will mark the exhibition’s opening in the early evening on the 7th. The opening will mark the end of the ships’ journey down the Hudson River from Troy, New York, where they were launched earlier this month.

(A collaborative exhibition by SWOON, Allison Corrie and Solovei, La Boca Del Lobo, installation at Blackfloor Gallery, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 2006. Photo by Tod Seelie, courtesy of Deitch Projects.)

SOHO20 Gallery is opening a group exhibition this Thursday, September 4th. Six Chix will include artists Patricia Berube, Elizabeth Bisbing, Darla Bjork, Lucy Hodgson, Nelleke Nix and Madelaine Shellaby who explore the use of organic structures and female archetypes in this all woman show.

(Nelleke Nix, detail of Hair Wire installation, assembled 200. Mixed media: watercolor and stain on paper. 9 x 12 inches. Courtesy of SOHO20 Gallery.)

Artist Berni Searle, who’s work graced both Global Feminisms and Global Feminisms Remix here at the Center, has a solo exhibition opening at Michael Stevenson Gallery on September 4th. Bearni Searle, Recent Work will be up until the 11th of October and features three new videos shot in South Africa, Norway, and the Canary Islands.

(Berni Searle, Still from Alibama, 2008. Courtesy of Michael Stevenson Gallery.)

Hailing from Sweden, Annika Larsson is one of her home country’s most noteworthy artists. Using video to investigate the gaze and control in her work, Larsson’s most recent video, DOLLS continues along this same theme. DOLLS, currently on view at Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery in Stockholm, will be up until September 21st.

(Annika Larsson, Still from DOLLS, 2008. Courtesy of Andréhn-Schiptjenko Gallery.)

Heart Wall, by feminist artist Nancy Azara is in its final months! This 24ft sculpture installation can be viewed in the lobby at 340 Madison Avenue through October.

(Heart Wall, (6ft x 24ft x 3ft) carved and painted wood with gold and aluminum leaf and encaustic. Courtesy of the artist.)

(Sara Rahbar, Flag#30, 64×34, 2008. Courtesy of the artist.)

Patty Chang, a daring video artist who resides here in Brooklyn, is showing her most recent work at the Arrow Factory in Beijing. Chang’s body of work spans the last decade. Both Eels, 2001, a performance video in which Chang traps an eel inside her blouse, and In Love, 2001, in which Chang passes onions from her mouth into the mouths of her parents, remain vivid in this blogger’s mind (and, Losing Ground, 2000 is favorite of Sarah’s!) Touch Would will be available for viewing by the public at the Arrow Factory until the 29th of September.

(Touch Would exhibition announcement. Courtesy of The Arrow Factory.)

Allyson Mitchell is participating in a show at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto. The exhibition, Close to You, which runs through October 12th, takes a closer look at contemporary social and sexual customs via pop culture and through the mediums of knitting, crochet, embroidery and appliqué.

(Allyson Mitchell. Big Trubs, 2004. Courtesy of the artist.)

Printmaker and installation artist, swoon, has taken her work to the Hudson River this month with her most recent project Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea. This performance/conceptual/just-plain-rad project consists of an armada of eco-friendly ships made from recycled materials which will make their way down the Hudson from Troy, NY, where they launched earlier this month. The fleet will be docking at Beacon, Croton-on-Hudson, and Nyack next week for music and performances before they reach their final destination at Deitch Projects in Long Island City, Queens on September 7th for the opening of swoon’s latest installation.

(Portion of Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea exhibition poster. Courtesy Deitch Projects.)

Sabina Baumann’s death of cool opens at Galerie Mark Muller in Zurich next Thursday, the 28th of August. This show runs until September 27th, so stop on over if you happen to be in the area!

(Sabina Baumann, aus der lumpenserie, 2007. Pencil on paper, 60 x 40 cm. Courtesy of Galerie Mark Muller.)

The Percipient Eye, opened last Friday, August 22nd at The Gallery at Mansion in Manhattan, and features photography by Jennifer Maeve. This exhibition was curated by a former graduate intern here at the Center, Saisha Grayson. Good luck with the show and congrats Saisha!

(The Percipient Eye exhibition announcement. Courtesy of Saisha Grayson.)

(Tracey Moffatt, First Jobs, Fruit Market, 1975, 2008. Archival pigments on rice paper with gel medium. Image from First Jobs Series 2008 exhibition announcement.)

Global Feminisms artist Shahzia Sikander’s first major solo exhibition in the U.K. is on view now at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham. Intimate Ambivalence features this incredible artist’s recent paintings, a wall drawing installed in Ikon, and a series of graphite portraits done over the last couple of years titled Monks and Novices.

(Shahzia Sikander, Monks and Novices Series - Novice Chandon, 2006-08. Graphite on paper 14 x 11 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co.)

in your face, a group exhibition that investigates portraiture and representation of the figure, will be on view at Tria Gallery from August 19 – 23. Curated by Nikki Cohen, the show features the work of emerging artists Ben Aqua and Mike Ruiz (the collaborative team OK!Fresh), Elizabeth Dyer, Mary Lydecker, and Megan Cedro. The opening reception for the exhibition will be on Tuesday, August 19, from 6-8pm. Stop by and check out innovative work by these exciting up-and-comers!

(Ok! Fresh, photograph from in your face. Courtesy of Nikki Cohen Enterprise.)

April Vollmer’s Doing What Comes Naturally opened this month at The Sirens’ Song Gallery in Greenport, NY, and runs until September 2nd. Continuing an age old medium, Vollmer uses woodcut to explore the stereotypically feminine medium of floral design.

(April Vollmer, Rococo Puff, 2007. Hanga Woodcut. Courtesy of the artist.)

Karen Finley’s Impulse to Suck: The Performance of the Apology and the Separation of Sex and State, happens tomorrow night, the 14th of August at Performance Space 122 in Manhattan. In addition to performing her latest piece, Karen Finley with discuss aspects of Eliot Spitzer’s televised apology that followed the discovery of his criminal activities. Make sure to check out Performance Space 122’s website for advance tickets to this one night only event!

(Artwork by Karen Finley. Courtesy of Performance Space 122.)

(Lin Tianmiao, Mothers!!! No. 5, 2008. Courtesy of Long March Project.)

Woman Made Gallery in Chicago is opening Her Mark 2009, an exhibition celebrating the publication of the gallery’s annual art and literary journal. The reception is this Friday, August 1st, and the show will be up until August 28th.

(Elizabeth Bruno, The Illusion of Control, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches. Courtesy of Woman Made Gallery.)

Will Happiness Find Me, at the Marvelli Gallery ends this Thursday, August 8th. This exhibition features artists Daphne Arthur, Mary Reid Kelley, Jason Ledet, and Juliana Romano and includes a video by Kelley about an aviator(played by the artist) and his lover, a ballerina named Camel Toe, who leaves him for her vibrator.

(Mary Reid Kelley, Camel Toe, 2008. Video, 1 minute 25 seconds, Edition of 8. Courtesy of the Marvelli Gallery.)

Sexy Time: A Group Effort closes today at the Morgan Lehman Gallery. From the work of Susan Anderson, which explores the world of the young girl’s beauty pageant, to Chrissy Conant’s Chrissy Skin Rug, this show approaches the issues of sex and gender from a variety of innovative angles. If you have time today or after work tonight, stop on by!

(Chrissy Conant, Chrissy Skin Rug, 84 x 60 in. Silicone rubber, human hair, glass eyes, wood. Courtesy of Morgan Lehman Gallery.)

If Loved Could Have Saved You, You Would Have Lived Forever closes next week at Bellwether gallery. This group show investigates loss and memory and includes the work of Tammy Rae Carland and Patricia Cronin.

(Tammy Rae Carland, My Inheritance, 60 x 40 inches, Digital C-print, 2008. Courtesy of Bellwether Gallery.)

One of my fellow interns here at the museum discovered some really neat hand-stenciled shirts featuring feminist women throughout history the other day. Here’s what Lindsay Keating-Moore, creator of KMStitchery has to say about her artistry, “My rebellious spirit saw injustice and it prompted me to address it and attack it in a healthy way. I think it’s important to recognize, acknowledge and admire women who have fought for women’s rights and who have broken through gender barriers. And clothing is a great way to spread the message of feminism.” The selection ranges from Frida Kahlo to Emma Goldman and almost every woman worthy of note in between. Keep it up Lindsay!

(Susan B. Anthony Hand Stenciled Shirt, by KMStitchery. Courtesy of the Artist.)

(Wei-Hui Hsu, Photographic print from the Camoflage Series, 2007, Installation with facial masks, fabric stiffener, performance, toy guns, spray paint, army uniform. Courtesy of the artist.)

SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery just opened its 14th Annual International Exhibition last week which includes a solo show in their second gallery with artist Jong Sun Lee. Lee explores gender and power relations in her work through the use of unusual materials like human hair. When we emailed SOHO20 Chelsea’s director, Jenn Dierdorf, this morning, she mentioned that Lee “is currently preparing for a trip to Guatemala, where she will finance and work to build bathrooms for a community in return for their collaborative effort on an art project.”

(Jong Sun Lee, Yes You Are II, included in the 14th Annual International Exhibition. Courtesy of SOGO20 Chelsea Gallery)

2b female:perceptions of femininity opened last week at the Pendleton Art Gallery in Newport, Kentucky. Artist Pattie Byron combines female symbols with gender stereotypes to create her sculptures. The show runs through August 18^th, so if you’re in the area, check it out!

(Pattie Byron, Habitual Femininity, painted metal, polished metal and yarn. Included in the 2b female: perceptions of femininity exhibition, 2008. Courtesy of the artist.)

Yayoi Kusama currently has a solo exhibition up at Ota Fine Arts in Tokyo. On view until August 22nd, this artist’s unique vision is not to be missed!

(Yayoi Kusama, Original Infinity Nets, 1999. Acrylic on canvas, 194 x 391 cm. Courtesy Ota Fine Arts.)

Using familiar objects in unfamiliar ways, artist Heidi Forssell includes everything from a toothy teddy bear to a deep fried ball gown to get her message across. Her MFA graduate exhibition, The Right Kind of Girl: Video, Sculpture and Drawings about Female Identity and Experience, just opened last Saturday at the Arts and Consiousness Gallery of JFKU Berkeley and runs until August 2nd.

(Heidi Forssell, Image from exhibition announcement for The Right Kind of Girl.)

The National Museum of Women in the Arts is currently showing Modern Love: Gifts to the Collection from Heather and Tony Podesta. This group show will be up until September 21st, so if you are in the D.C. area anytime soon, feel free to take a gander!

(Icelandic Love Corporation, Where Do We Go From Here?, 2001. Diasec lazerchrome print, 27 3/4 x 27 1/2 in. Courtesy of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.)

(Michael Bühler-Rose, The Secret, Alachua, FL. 2006)

May Stevens: Paintings and Works on Paper 1968-1976 opened last Thursday at the Mary Ryan Gallery and includes works from Louise Bourgeois and Kiki Smith. The work by May Stevens focuses mainly on her “Big Daddy” character who symbolizes her view of the archetypal middle-American man.

(Louise Bourgeois, The Night, 2001, lithograph, 20 x 16 inches, edition of 50. Courtesy of Mary Ryan Gallery.)

Rendering their own interpretations of goddess and female myths throughout time, a collection of women artists around the globe participate in …All About Eve, open until August 3rd at Siren Song Gallery in Greenport, NY.

(Kathleen Bifulco, Barbie Bustin’ Out, charcoal, pastel and pencil on paper, 31 x 24 inches. Courtesy Gallery Merz.)

Stories We Tell Ourselves, an all women show that explores the narrative in art opened July 10th at the Rhonda Schaller Studio in Chelsea. This show includes a work by Maureen Kelleher, who was inspired to become an artist after refusing to evacuate during Hurricane Katrina.

(Maureen Kelleher, I’m Gonna Try, H. Tubman, 2003. Paint, paper, cloth and engraving on wood, 46 in. x 30 in. Courtesy of the artist)

Investigating the link between clothing and identity, the Kniznick Gallery of Brandeis University presents Dress Redress, opening this week and running through September 25th. Artists represented in this exhibition include Aparna Agrawal, Candice Smith Corby, Maryjean Viano Crowe, Carol Hamoy, Sandra Eula Lee, Esther Solondz, Andrew Thompson, and Leslie Wilcox.

(Sandra Eula Lee, Clothing Inventory – under 2” tall, 2006. Courtesy Kniznick Gallery.)

History Keeps Me Awake at Night: A Genealogy of Wojnarowicz opened last Thursday at the PPOW Gallery. This exhibition features the work of artists influenced by David Wojnarowicz, activist for queer rights and against AIDS discrimination in the 1980’s.

(Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled from The Hampton Project, 2000. Inkjet print on canvas, edition of 5, 61 x 69 inches. Courtesy of PPOW.)

Flesh, Akino Kondoh’s second solo exhibition at Tokyo’s Mizuma Art Gallery opened last week. This time around, Kondoh is showing her oil paintings, which examine the potential crossover between the human body and plant life, rather than the animations, which made up her previous exhibition at this venue. The show will be up until August 9th. If you’re in the area, this one is definitely worth checking out!

(Akino Kondoh, Flesh (work in progress), 2008. Oil on canvas 112×162cm. Photo by Kei Miyajima, courtesy of Mizuma Art Gallery)