Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960—1985

Friday 4 May 2018
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
11238
United States
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Sylvia Palacios Whitman (born Chile, 1941; lives and works in the United States). Passing Through, Sonnabend Gallery, 1977. Documentation of performance; photographer: Babette Mangolte. Photograph, 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm). Courtesy of Babette Mangolte. © 1977 Babette Mangolte (all rights of reproduction reserved)

Private viewing of Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 with introductory remarks by Catherine Morris, Sackler Family Senior Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at 6:15pm. This is the first exhibition to explore the groundbreaking contributions to contemporary art of Latin American and Latina women artists during a period of extraordinary conceptual and aesthetic experimentation. Featuring more than 120 artists from 15 countries, Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 focuses on their use of the female body for political and social critique and artistic expression.

Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985 is organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, an initiative of the Getty with arts institutions across Southern California.

Leadership support for the Brooklyn Museum presentation is provided by the Ford Foundation. Major support is provided by the Starry Night Fund, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Brooklyn Friends of Radical Women, and Bank of America. Additional support is provided by the Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr. Foundation, Christina and Emmanuel Di Donna, Dominique Lévy and Brett Gorvy, and Susan Bay Nimoy.

Location

Brooklyn Museum


200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
11238
United States