![]() Maura Reilly – a feminist curator, who back in 2007 co-curated with Linda Nochlin the international feminist exhibition, Global Feminisms, and in 2018 published the book, Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating – already acclaimed the concept of this year’s Venice Biennale as an activist one:įor Alemani to curate a major international exhibition, arguably the most important one in the world, to be majority-female is, despite her subtlety, an overtly feminist and curatorial activist gesture-and it is a much-needed turning of the tables. Does this mean that the rationale behind Nochlin’s question has become – or will soon become – obsolete? To be precise, both the list of artists presented at this year’s edition curated by Cecilia Alemani, and the list of artists representing their national pavilions are dominated by women artists. ![]() ![]() This year marks five years since the passing of the prominent American art historian, Linda Nochlin, who became world renowned for her 1971 ground-breaking article, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” Unfortunately, Nochlin will not bear witness to this year’s 59 th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale that promises to be a ground-breaking long-overdue acknowledgment of women artists and feminist art and curators across the globe. ![]()
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