Review: Through the Female Gaze – women and work in Italy since the 1950s
According to Laura Mulvey, the world is perceived through a male gaze: a gaze that frames femme presenting individuals and women as sexual objects independently from the gender of the…
Visual Artwork of the Week: Hannah Wilke
CW: nudity Starification Object Series plays with the ideas of aesthetics, erotism and feminism. The photographs, in black and white, depict the semi-naked body of Wilke adorned with jewels of…
Fem Soc Black History: A Journey Through Time exhibition
Antonina Dolecka reviews the University of Edinburgh exhibition closing Black History month celebrating inspiring black women On Friday, 29th of October, closing off Black History Month, Feminist Society in collaboration…
“¡El violador eres TU!”
Sofia Cotrona reflects on the power of the viral feminist transnational performance A Rapist on Your Path. CW: rape, gender-based violence November 2019, led by the Chilean feminist collective Las…
The end of the creative genius?
Women artists in Italy, 1960s-1970s lecture by Prof. Giovanna Zapperi – Université de Tours, chaired by Dr Angela Dimitrakaki feminist and Marxist lecturer at Edinburgh Coinciding with international women’s day Prof.…
Queen Charlotte Sophia, a portrayal of Britain?
With Museums and Galleries closed, The Guardian is currently on The Great British Art Tour, introducing art from the UK’s collections. One of the works featured in January portrayed Queen Charlotte Sophia,…
Paula Rego: Obedience and Defiance at Modern Two
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art praises Dame Paula Rego as “one of the most important artists living in Britain today”. The current exhibition ‘Obedience and Defiance’, open until…
Cut and Paste at Modern Art Two
The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two presents Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage. Spanning across six rooms, the exhibition traces the development of collage across the Western…