Art to Women!, Peggy Guggenheim Collection's new online lecture series kicks off

by Redazione , published on 05/10/2021
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The Peggy Guggenheim Collection’s online classes are back, this time entirely dedicated to women. It is in fact titled Art to Women! the new online course consisting of six lectures curated by Alessandra Montalbetti.
Women artists have long struggled to be able to prove their worth, enter art academies and exhibit their works alongside those of their colleagues. A visit to any museum is enough to realize this. These Guggenheim Art Classes are intended to focus attention on the role of women in art, from painters of the past to leading figures of the historical avant-garde and contemporary art, to art critics, gallerists and other little-known but leading female figures in celebrated masterpieces.
It starts on October 11, 2021, at 7 p.m., with Pioneering Women Artists. What lies behind the painful and well-known biographical story of the painter Artemisia Gentileschi? In painting at the turn of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the cases of female artists such as Orsola Caccia, Lavinia Fontana and Fede Galizia, who are often mentioned by art historians exclusively for their vicissitudes, ignoring the artistic value of their works, are indeed rare. This first lecture is free and open to all, while subsequent lectures are reserved for museum members.
It continues on Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. with The Women Artists of the Avant-Garde. Women artists played a key role in the early 20th century avant-garde movements. If American painter Mary Cassatt was an active participant in the Impressionist group, Italian sculptor Regina Cassolo Bracchi was among the protagonists of the Second Futurism in the 1930s. Other figures investigated in this lecture include the French artist Sonia Terk Delaunay, who was instrumental in the official recognition of the so-called applied arts, and the U.S. painter Georgia O’Keeffe, whose works decisively influenced American modernism.
On Oct. 25, also at 7 p.m., the lecture will be devoted to The Art Historians. There are many influential historians who have studied and emphasized the role of women throughout art history, often analyzing contemporary developments and organizing reviews that opened up hitherto unexplored avenues of research for other art historians and artists. Among those who have most directed the study and interpretation of art history are Lea Vergine, Barbara Rose, Lara Vinca Masini and Whitney Chadwick.
On Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. we continue with The Collector-Gallerists. The “Peggy Guggenheim model” was exemplary for many art-loving women intent on supporting artists and collecting their works. Palma Bucarelli and Claudia Gianferrari will be discussed. In addition, the unique cases of Margherita Sarfatti, coordinator of the Novecento group, and Marieda di Stefano, an artist and collector, will be analyzed.
On Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. The Contemporary Women Artists will be discussed. These include Louise Bourgeois, custodian of a vision of the family and society that is incredibly beyond the mold of her time; Marina Abramović, whose works place the focus on the body and its reactions; Teresa Margolles, a politically and socially engaged Mexican artist; and the particular case of American Judy Chicago.
The last event, to be held on November 22, also at 7 p.m., will be devoted to The Mysterious Muses. Female bodies are protagonists of many of the most famous works in history. Sometimes as gods of mythology or saints of Christianity, those women were real, authentic, perhaps wives, lovers, daughters or sisters of the artists who borrowed their faces and bodies. In this lecture we will discover the stories of these muses, unraveling the mystery behind the works in which they appear.
The first appointment is open to all, while subsequent appointments are reserved for museum members. Registration for the course is open from Friday, October 1, and proceeds, in the form of a tax-deductible donation of 75 euros, will go to support the museum.
The classes, lasting one hour each, will be held on the Zoom platform. They will be live online in Italian, and to participate you need the link that will be sent by the museum to access the lectures on Zoom. There is no registration for a single meeting. You must be a member of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection to register for the course. Until October 17, 2021 20% discount on membership. Membership is valid for 12 months.
For more info: https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/it/sostienici/membership/guggenheim-art-classes-2021/
Image: Peggy Guggenheim seated on throne in the garden of Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Venice, 1960s. Photo Roloff Beny / courtesy of Archives and National Archives of Canada

Art to Women!, Peggy Guggenheim Collection's new online lecture series kicks off

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