The Art Controversies That Defined the 2010s
See a list the decade's biggest scandals, from #MeToo allegations to protests against museum board members.
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#MeToo movement
Criticism: A Feminist Reckoning
#MeToo is often cast as a radically new development in the struggle for women's equality, one reliant on social media. But a surprising precedent for today's call to action can be found in a small…
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Editor’s Letter
Writing in the nineteenth century, British art critic John Ruskin argued that an artist's work is invariably shaded by his moral fitness.
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Critical Eye: Now, Not When
Not all Chinese women who support the #MeToo movement in China would identify as feminist, and not all Chinese women who do identify as feminist are dissidents.
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First Look: Virginia Lee Montgomery
A response to the #MeToo movement, Montgomery's work upends the masculine bravado of the tales of King Arthur and Oedipus.
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Ghada Amer
Over the last twenty-five years, Ghada Amer has developed a body of work centered on installations and embroidered paintings exploring women's self-determination and sexual independence.
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Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas's painting Drop (2018) is a close-up portrayal of a woman. Her skin has a faint blue tinge, and concentric rings surround her head, suggesting an aura or halo.
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