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The women artists who were way ahead of their time
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 18 – Women artists like Louise Bourgeois and Cindy Sherman challenge traditional portrayals of women's experiences, with their politically charged work remaining relevant amid renewed debates on bodily autonomy.
- Across Europe, curators are highlighting groundbreaking works by Bourgeois, Sherman and Kruger: Louise Bourgeois at London’s Courtauld Gallery, Cindy Sherman at Hauser & Wirth Menorca and Barbara Kruger at Guggenheim Bilbao.
- Emerging alongside second-wave feminism, these artists tapped into debates over emancipation, reproductive rights and sexuality.
- Through sculpture, photography and more, these artists challenged conventional portrayals and sustained a radical artistic legacy.
- Following high-profile political developments, audiences are reengaging with these feminist artists’ work, Gabriella Nugent, art historian, says, amid legal rollbacks in Western nations.
- In February 2026 PoMo in Trondheim will host a major Louise Bourgeois retrospective, and last year Kruger’s slogan `Your body is a battleground` reappeared on a Miami truck advocating healthcare access.
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The Guggenheim Museum in New York is hosting the exhibition Modern European Currents, which examines European avant-garde movements at the beginning of the 20th century. The exhibition features around 20 paintings and watercolors by artists from the Austro-Hungarian, German and Russian empires, including Natalia Goncharova, Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Lyubov Popova and Egon Schiele.
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