PANEL | Feminist Emergency: The Art Field A discussion and debate that took place in the context of the international and interdisciplinary conference Feminist Emergency on Friday 22 June 2017 at Birkbeck, University of London. By strange coincidence, 2017 is not just the centenary of the October Revolution (where women workers played a key role) but also a year rife with… Read More
BOOK | Feminism and Art History Now | Lara Perry & Victoria Horne To what extent have developments in global politics, artworld institutions, and local cultures reshaped the critical directions of feminist art historians? The significant new research gathered here engages with the rich inheritance of feminist historiography since around 1970, and considers how to maintain the forcefulness of its critique while addressing contemporary political struggles. Taking… Read More
SPECIAL ISSUE | Viewpoint Magazine ISSUE 5 | Social Reproduction INTRODUCTION Asad Haider and Salar Mohandesi | Making a Living Today, amidst a changed political and class landscape, strategy should take precedence over fidelity to the received canon. The activities of social reproduction remain the field of powerful class antagonisms.… Read More
READING GROUP | Social Reproduction in Art, Life & Struggle Founded by Victoria Horne and Kirsten Lloyd in 2014, the Reading Group is now hosted by Collective Gallery in partnership with the School of History of Art at The University of Edinburgh. We meet every two months. For more information see Collective. A term that emerged in feminist thinking in the second half of the 20th… Read More
COLLECTION | The University of Edinburgh Contemporary Art Research Collection The University of Edinburgh’s Contemporary Art Research Collection is driven by current research undertaken in the School of History of Art. Taking globalisation and social reproduction as our central themes we are currently working towards acquiring new work by Melanie Gilligan, Petra Bauer and Kate Davis with the support of The Art Fund… Read More
JOURNAL | Third Text Special Issue (2017) Social Reproduction and Art Third Text 148, vol 31, no 5, 2017 Edited by Angela Dimitrakaki and Kirsten Lloyd ABSTRACTS Social Reproduction Struggles and Art History: An Introduction Angela Dimitrakaki and Kirsten Lloyd The article explores social reproduction as a key term in expanding the purview of art history in relation to the social urgencies of the… Read More
