Feminist art movement

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The feminist art movement refers to the efforts and accomplishments of feminists internationally to bring more visibility to women within art history and art practice. Corresponding with general developments within feminism, the movement began in the 1960s, flourished throughout the 1970s, and the effects of it continue to the present. The increased prominence of women artists within art history as well as contemporary art practice can be attributed to this movement.

Some of the important names associated with feminist art are Judy Chicago (artist), Suzanne Lacy, Faith Wilding, Martha Rosler (artist), Mary Kelly (artist), Lucy Lippard (art historian), Bracha L. Ettinger (artist and theorist), Griselda Pollock (art historian), Kate Millett, Miriam Schapiro, Nancy Spero (artist), Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, Arlene Raven, June Wayne, Catherine de Zegher (curator) and Eleanor Tufts, among hundreds of others. The Los Angeles Woman's Building was a prominent arts organization known for its displays of feminist art.

'Inside the Visible', curated by Catherine de Zegher in 1996 at the ICA, Boston, exhibited major art by over 35 international women artists from the 30s, the 70s and the 90s and presented a new theoretical interpretation for the art of the Twentieth century (Inside the Visible, MIT press). This was followed by the 'Women Artists at the Millennium' book (Armstrong and de Zegher, MIT Press/October books, 2006). Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution, (2007) curated by Connie Butler for Los Angeles' MOCA, was another comprehensive, historical exhibition that examined the international foundations and legacy of feminist art. It focuses on the period 1965–80, during which the majority of feminist activism and artmaking occurred. The exhibition includes the work of 120 artists from the United States, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.