Wilke was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1987, undergoing a bone marrow transplant, among other treatments. As the treatment and cancer started to take a toll and alter her appearance, Wilke began to document the changes through portraits, watercolor self-portraits, drawings, and video recordings.
It seems every week, a new classic work of art is targeted by climate protesters. From Van Gogh, Monet, and now Vermeer, these protests have certainly garnered international shock, but are they effective in their messaging?
Looking at the artwork of feminist artists of the 1970s and that of Cox in a 2022 frame, are we still shocked? More importantly, is the thought-provoking art of the past concerned with addressing social justice issues still being created today?
The Morgan Library exhibition examines the life of the first writer, bringing Mesopotamian women into the present.
Feminist media artists have explored identity mediation with counterculutral use of technology since the early 20th Century. But in the information saturated world we live in, what is next?