Leslie Camhi on the critic and translator Lauren Elkin’s “Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art,” about the overlapping terrains of art, feminism, and society.
Our art series demystifies the artworks we love or love to hate. This time, we tackle a pioneering piece that went on to define feminist performance art.
Lauren Elkin draws on female ‘art monsters’ who have broken taboos around society’s expectations of womanhood, to reveal the complexities of living in a world where women are expected to appear pure and unsullied
The Hirshhorn presents work from Simone Leigh's acclaimed Venice Biennale installation. Plus, Aubrey Plaza takes the stage off-Broadway, in our arts newsletter