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Art Monsters reassesses controversial feminist artists who turned to body-focused art to rebel against the societal norms eager to suppress them.

The Flea will present the world-premiere production BATHHOUSE.PPTX, by Jesús I. Valles, directed by Obie Award-winnerChay Yew.

Emma Stern takes us through her week at Miami Art Week, where she attended Art Basel and Design Miami, ate food, and hit the clubs.

A few weeks after our first studio visit in December 2022, I received an accidental text message from Hannah Beerman containing a photograph of a handwritten note that read “I am in love with painting. I wish it could have sex with me.” A fortunate accident, as it gave me the kind of intimate glimpse into Beerman’s mind that I had not yet quite earned at that early point in our acquaintance—like winning a prize without having enrolled in the competition.

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Hal Foster on The Anti-Aesthetic

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.

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

After retiring the Lingua Ignota moniker, the transgressive diva takes a scholarly deep dive into the ecstatic and strangely melodious world of traditional Christian hymns and original devotionals.

The new book by Lauren Elkin examines artists who’ve defied conventions and expectations, including Carolee Schneemann, Eva Hesse and Kara Walker.