Julia Margaret Cameron, “Call, I Follow, I Follow, Let Me Die!” (1867), carbon print (© The Royal Photographic Society Assortment on the V&A)
One phrase that saved coming to thoughts as I assumed in regards to the exhibits beneath is “visionary.” Whether or not it’s reimagining the ways in which ladies are mentioned in literature or centered in images, or working towards HIV prevention and systemic oppression of LGBTQ+ individuals, the artists featured have all used their platforms in revolutionary methods. That the majority of those exhibits strategy artwork from a feminist perspective is an added bonus. Chloe Dzubilo’s drawings are correctives to the ingrained homophobia and transphobia which have lengthy hindered HIV care, whereas Julia Margaret Cameron made ladies the celebs of her images. And we are able to thank Jane Austen for making a central area for ladies’s tales in fashionable literature. Don’t miss these exhibits, or the Artwork College students League of New York’s a hundred and fiftieth anniversary exhibition, the place so many visionary artists acquired their begin! —Natalie Haddad, Opinions Editor
Chloe Dzubilo, The Prince George Drawings
Participant Inc., 116 Elizabeth Road, Ground One, Decrease East Facet, ManhattanThrough July 20
Chloe Dzubilo, “Untitled (Surrender)” (2008), ink on paper (picture Natalie Haddad/Hyperallergic)
“Dzubilo’s accounts dissolve the distance between life and art and present viewers with her everyday experiences of discrimination, disenfranchisement, and living with a deadly disease” —NH
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Shaping American Artwork: A Celebration of the Artwork College students League of New York at 150
Artwork College students League, 215 West 57th Road, Suite 1, Midtown, ManhattanThrough August 17
Ernest Fiene, “Mirror Reflections” (1962), oil on canvas (picture Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic)
“The League’s influence is clearly felt, and the exhibition is both celebratory and awe-inspiring.” —Lisa Yin Zhang
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A Energetic Thoughts: Jane Austen at 250
Arresting Magnificence: Julia Margaret Cameron
Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, Murray Hill, ManhattanThrough September 14
“J. Austen: after an original family portrait” (1873), metal engraving; The Morgan Library & Museum, bought by J. P. Morgan Jr., 1920 (images by Graham S. Haber)
“Both exhibitions gesture toward the privilege and power these women held within their social worlds, yet I am left wondering about the perspectives of marginalized women of their eras.” —Alexandra M. Thomas
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