Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader

Bringing together the groundbreaking articles of one of the most important art historians of our time, Linda Nochlin, “Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader” is an important source for contemporary feminist art theory. The selection includes Nochlin’s “Women Artists After the French Revolution” and “Starting from Scratch: The Beginnings of Feminist Art History,” as well as the landmark essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” and its rejoinder “‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?’ Thirty Years After”. Also, Nochlin’s monographic entries focusing on major women artists including Mary Cassatt, Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Kiki Smith, Miwa Yanagi, and Sophie Calle are featured in the book. With her landmark essays on the position and influence of women artists, Nochlin once again invites readers to think and question traditional art history practices and the discipline of art history in her first comprehensive anthology consists of 29 articles. The reader also includes two new texts that are prepared only for the book and an interview with Nochlin on the role of women artists in today’s culture. “Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader”, edited by curator and art writer Maura Reilly, whose significant accomplishments include the organization of the permanent installation of Judy Chicago’s “Dinner Party” with Linda Nochlin, was released by Thames and Hudson publishing house in 2015. You can buy the book from Amazon and Pandora Bookstore.