Women in Abstraction
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{{Short description|Abstract art exhibition curated by Christine Macel}}
Women in Abstraction. Another History of Abstraction in the 20th Century or Elles font l'abstraction. Une autre histoire de l'abstraction au XXe siècle was a major exhibition of 20th century abstract art created by women.{{cite web |title=Women in Abstraction |url=https://mediumisticart.com/exhibitions-and-events/elles-font-labstraction/ |website=Mediumistic Art |access-date=8 December 2024}} It was curated by Christine Macel.{{cite web |title=Symposium Women in Abstraction |url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/offer-to-professionals/research/scientific-research/symposium-women-in-abstraction |website=Centre Pompidou |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en-EN}} The exhibition was first presented at the Centre Georges Pompidou from 19 May to 23 August 2021.{{cite web |title=Women in Abstraction |url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/program/calendar/event/OmzSxFv |website=Centre Pompidou |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en-EN |date=19 July 2021}}
It traveled to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao where was exhibited from 2 October 2021 to 27 February 2022.{{cite web |title=Women in Abstraction |url=https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/exhibitions/women-in-abstraction |website=Guggenheim Museum Bilbao |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en}} In 2022 the exhibition traveled to West Bund Museum in China.{{cite web |title=Women in Abstraction |url=https://www.judit-reigl.com/en/exhibitions/91-elles-font-l-abstraction-west-bund-museum-shanghai-chine/overview/ |website=Judit Reigl |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en}}
In May 2021 Symposium Women in Abstraction was held at the Centre Pompidou.{{cite web |title=Symposium Women in Abstraction |url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/offer-to-professionals/research/scientific-research/symposium-women-in-abstraction |website=Centre Pompidou |access-date=8 December 2024 |language=en-EN}}
Artists
The following artists were included in the show:{{cite book |title=Women in abstraction |date=2021 |publisher=Thames & Hudson Ltd. ; Thames & Hudson Inc |location=London : New York, New York |isbn=978-0500094372 |pages=170}}
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- Magdalena Abakanowicz
- Berenice Abbott
- Carla Accardi
- Etel Adnan
- Anni Albers
- Laure Albin-Guillot
- Gertrud Arndt
- Ruth Asawa
- Elena Asins
- Vanessa Bell
- Lynda Benglis
- Martha Boto
- Louise Bourgeois
- Trisha Brown
- Jagoda Buić
- Mary Ellen Bute
- Marcelle Cahn
- Huguette Caland
- Regina Cassolo
- Rosemarie Castoro
- Giannina Censi
- Judy Chicago
- Lucinda Childs
- Wook-kyung Choi
- Irene Chou
- Lygia Clark
- Carlotta Corpron
- Parvine Curie
- Dadamaino
- Elaine de Kooning
- Sonia Delaunay-Terk
- Germaine Dulac
- Alice Essington Nelson
- Alexandra Exter
- Claire Falkenstein
- Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
- Esther Ferrer
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
- Loïe Fuller
- Gego
- Nathalie Gontcharova
- Marcia Hafif
- Harmony Hammond
- Mary Heilmann
- Florence Henri
- Barbara Hepworth
- Carmen Herrera
- Eva Hesse
- Sheila Hicks
- Marta Hoepffner
- Georgiana Houghton
- Lotte Jacobi
- Shirley Jaffe
- Virginia Jaramillo
- Tess Jaray
- Barbara Kasten
- Ilona Keserü
- Helen Khal
- Hilma af Klint
- Emily Kame Kngwarreye
- Benita Koch-Otte
- Běla Kolářová
- Katarzyna Kobro
- Lee Krasner
- Germaine Krull
- Ida Lansky
- Bice Lazzari
- Verena Loewensberg
- Barbara Maples
- Agnes Martin
- Dora Maurer
- Marie Menken
- Joan Mitchell
- Nasreen Mohamedi
- Marlow Moss
- Tania Mouraud
- Aurelia Munoz
- Elizabeth Murray (artist)
- Aurelie Nemours
- Louise Nevelson
- Véra Pagava
- Gret Palucca
- Marta Pan
- Lygia Pape
- Alicia Penalba
- Howardena Pindell
- Lioubov Popova
- Saloua Raouda Choucair
- Judit Reigl
- Bridget Riley
- Dorothea Rockburne
- Olga Rozanova
- Valentine de Saint-Point
- Zilia Sánchez
- Helen Saunders
- Lillian Schwartz
- Arpita Singh
- Janet Sobel
- Varvara Stepanova
- Hedda Sterne
- Jessica Stockholder
- Gunta Stölzl
- Sophie Taeuber-Arp
- Atsuko Tanaka
- Lenore Tawney
- Elsa Thiemann
- Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
- Alma Woodsey Thomas
- Fahrelnissa Zeid
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Category:Abstract expressionism