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Anna McNay and I have created Feminine Moments\u2019 list of Must-See Queer Feminist Exhibitions in Europe Summer 2016<\/em>. The exhibitions we have selected for this list feature works by Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women Artists, as well as by Feminist Artists from around the world.<\/p>\n

Must-See Exhibitions:<\/p>\n

Tove Jansson<\/h2>\n

Dates: Permanently (opened in January 2016)
\nThe Helsinki Art Museum, Etel\u00e4inen Rautatiekatu 8, Helsinki, Finland<\/p>\n

\"Tove<\/a>Tove Jansson (1914 – 2001) was an artist of many talents: she was a painter, author, illustrator and comic artist. She was also one of the best known Finnish artists: the mother of the Moomins.
\nTove Jansson and the Moomins are loved by children and adults alike. Her childrens’ books are translated into over 40 languages. For the first time in Helsinki, Tove Jansson\u2019s work will now be put on permanent display at the Helsinki Art Museum (HAM). This part of the HAM’s collection was opened in January 2016 and it features works by Tove Jansson from HAM’s own collection. In Tampere north of Helsinki, The Moominvalley – Tampere Art Museum<\/a> is devoted to original works by writer and artist Tove Jansson.<\/p>\n

Link:
\nhttps:\/\/www.hamhelsinki.fi\/en\/exhibition\/tove-jansson\/<\/a>
\nImage: Tove Jansson, 1956<\/em><\/p>\n

SYSTEMATICALLY OPEN?\u2014New Forms for Contemporary Image Production<\/h2>\n

Dates: 4 July \u2013 25 September 2016
\nVenue: LUMA Foundation, Arles, France<\/p>\n

\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10209946229152020&set=a.10202396821021535.1073741833.1223456677&type=3&theater\"Produced by the LUMA Foundation, SYSTEMATICALLY OPEN? New Forms for Contemporary Image Production<\/em> explores various structures for presenting the photographic image. The exhibition draws upon a diverse history of presentational methods, from El Lissitzky\u2019s installations of the late 1920s to Edward Steichen\u2019s The Family of Man – a collection of more than 500 photographs that toured the world for eight years after its initial exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955. Inspired by the continued influence of these exhibitions, the LUMA Arles Core Group invited four artists – Walead Beshty, Elad Lassry, Zanele Muholi and Collier Schorr – to each develop a curatorial project within an overall exhibition design by the architect Philippe Rahm. Zanele Muholi\u2019s project, Somnyama Ngonyama, uses stylised self-portraiture as a means to commemorate, question and celebrate the ways in which the black body has been represented in photography. An acknowledgement of South Africa\u2019s political history, it comments on aesthetic and cultural issues that affect black people, and specifically black women, in Africa and its diaspora. Collier Schorr\u2019s project, Shutters, Frames, Collections, Repetition<\/em>, is a collaborative dialogue with photographer Anne Collier, and comprises a collection of close-ups and portraits, including several images of women holding cameras as props or posing naked next to telephoto lenses. It suggests a new dialogue between the nude and the camera.
\nCurators: Walead Beshty, Elad Lassry, Zanele Muholi and Collier Schorr.
\nThe exhibition is part of the international photography festival Les Rencontres d\u2019Arles 2016.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.e-flux.com\/announcements\/new-building-and-new-exhibition\/
\nImage. Photo courtesy of Zanele Muholi. Exhibition view. Zanele: ‘For great installation to proceed smoothly, I always listen to good gospel music from home. For this one I played @Vicky_Vilakazi ‘Ngasabela’ @ilovesouth_africa local musicians that what keeps me alive when I’m abroad.’ <\/em> <\/p>\n

Draft for an Untitled Exhibition. CABELLO\/CARCELLER<\/h2>\n

Dates: May 27, 2016 – September 25, 2016
\nVenue: MARCO (Museum of Contemporary Art), Vigo (Galicia), Spain<\/p>\n

\"Work<\/a>The Spanish artist duo Helena Cabello and Ana Carceller aka Cabello\/Carceller<\/a> have collaborated, in art and life, since 1992, when the word queer<\/em> was only just making its way into the art world. Helena Cabello says, \u2018When we began, in the early 90s, we proposed a critical view of identity discourse. (\u2026) Identity is something mutable, constantly under construction’. As a form of resistance to being stereotyped and restricted to a \u2018queer\u2019 category, over the years these two artists have created interdisciplinary works, solidly grounded in feminist and queer theory, challenging conventional narratives on identity. This retrospective is a bibliographical and documentary exhibition which reviews over two decades of their joint artistic production. The interlacing of works of different dates in the show elides a chronological timeline that would suggest a linear progression, mirroring their belief that minorities have not transitioned smoothly from being rejected or invisible to being out and proud and socially accepted.
\nCurator: Manuel Segade<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.marcovigo.com\/en\/content\/draft-untitled-exhibition-cabellocarceller<\/a>
\nImage. Photo credits: Cabello\/Carceller. Prototipo n\u00famero I: herramienta para artistas que trabajan en colaboraci\u00f3n, 1995. Courtesy the artists.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hannah H\u00f6ch<\/h2>\n

Dates: April 22 \u2013 August 14, 2016
\nVenue: Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany<\/p>\n

\"EntartetHannah H\u00f6ch is considered the most significant German female artist of classical modernism. As a revolutionary of art, she ranks among the pivotal figures that have linked the emancipatory art of the avant-gardes across both halves of the 20th century. A progressive artistic stance, imbued with the rebellious consciousness of Dada, shaped H\u00f6ch\u2019s life and art. After 1945, she became a pioneer for a young generation of artists, which, in the \u201860s, readopted the utopian-revolutionary potential of 1918-19. With this show, the first comprehensive retrospective of H\u00f6ch\u2019s works produced after 1945, the Kunsthalle Mannheim addresses Dada\u2019s revolutionary conception of the world as the fundamental idea of H\u00f6ch\u2019s oeuvre, as well as the diversity of her work, above all, looking at the collage. The exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of the international Dada movement founded in Zurich in 1916.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.kunsthalle-mannheim.de\/en\/exhibition-current\/Hannah_Hoech
\nImage. Photo Credits: Hannah H\u00f6ch (1889-1978): Entartet, 1969. Collage, 34,3 cm x 40,6 cm<\/em>
\n\u00a9 Berliner Sparkasse. \u00a9 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n

Berenice Abbott \u2013 Photographs<\/h2>\n

Dates: 1 July \u2013 3 October 2016
\nVenue: Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n

\"Berenice<\/a>Photographer Berenice Abbott<\/a> (1898-1991) is considered to be one of America’s most important documentary photographers. She came to fame after releasing her \u2018Changing New York\u2019 collection of photographs, which was produced between 1929 and 1939, after having worked as an assistant in the late 1920s with Man Ray in Berlin. Alongside her works as a documentary photographer, she is known as a portraitist of well-known artists and authors, producing portrait photos of figures such as Edward Hopper, James Joyce, Jean Cocteau, Sylvia Beach and Djuna Barnes. With its collection of 82 photographs, the Martin-Gropius-Bau provides visitors with an insight into the oeuvre of this major artist.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.berlinerfestspiele.de\/en\/aktuell\/festivals\/gropiusbau\/programm_mgb\/mgb16_abbott\/ausstellung_abbott\/ausstellung_berenice_abbott_144280.php
\nImage. Photo credits: Berenice Abbott by Hank O’Neal, NYC, 1979<\/em><\/p>\n

Mina\/Meg \u2013 A Feminist, Artist and Activist Queer Exhibition<\/h2>\n

Dates: June 18 – July 31, 2016
\nVenue: Kulturhistorisk Museum, Oslo, Norway<\/p>\n

\"Mina\/megIn \u2018Mina\/Meg \u2013 A Feminist, Artist and Activist Queer Exhibition<\/em>\u2018, the artists explore their individual stories relating to love, intimacy, racism, xenophobia, solidarity, being visual and \u2018out\u2019 through visual activism. The exhibition presents works by the queer visual activists Zanele Muholi<\/a>, Lindeka Qampi,\u00a0Linn Cecilie Ulvin, Sara Christensen and Ahmed Umar. The exhibition, which is a part of Oslo Pride, is curated by Henriette Stensdal and Lerato Dumse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the Oslo Pride Munchmuseet also presents Sofia Hultin’s I\u2019m Every Lesbian \u2013 Oslo, a guide of the city, based on interviews with local LGBTQ residents. This event is part of the off-site curatorial project titled ‘On the Move’ by Munchmuseet. Communal guided tours with the artist will take place on August 7 and 20, 2016.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.khm.uio.no\/besok-oss\/historisk-museum\/arrangementer\/andre-arrangementer\/2016\/osloprid.html
\nImage of the exhibition banner on the wall of the Kulturhistorisk Museum. Photo credits: Ahmed Umar
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Anya Gallaccio<\/h2>\n

Dates: from June 24, 2016
\nVenue: Whitworth Park, Manchester, UK<\/p>\n

A new permanent commission in Whitworth Park by lesbian artist Anya Gallaccio<\/a> explores themes of loss, memory and physical presence in both nature and architecture. Before building works began for the Whitworth Gallery\u2019s recent major expansion project, a 3D scan was made of the space that is now occupied by the new extension. The scan included the line of London Plane trees that flank the south side of the building. One tree, sadly already dead, needed to be felled. Fascinated by the absence of the tree, Anya Gallaccio studied the architects\u2019 digital scans in the hope of making a work in response to its loss. Her stainless steel sculpture will reinstate the missing tree in ghostly negative form.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk\/whats-on\/exhibitions\/upcomingexhibitions\/anya-gallaccio\/<\/p>\n

Utopian Voices Here & Now<\/h2>\n

Dates: July 6 \u2013 August 29, 2016
\nVenue: Somerset House, London, UK<\/p>\n

\"PressShowcasing the utopian visions of young UK-based artists, this series of displays gives voice to the issues most affecting them today, including the body, gender, sexuality and race. The works span a variety of media, from photography to digital paintings, fashion to film, and performances to ephemera. By presenting questions and prompting discussion and debate, the works create a journey throughout Somerset House where the visitor can consider what their own utopia might look like. The highlight will be the premiere of the UK Gay Bar Directory (UKGBD)<\/em> by collaborative duo Rosie Hastings & Hannah Quinlan Anderson. Taking the form of a film installation, the directory uses Go-Pro footage of 170 gay bars around the UK to query the notion of the \u201cgay bar\u201d spatially, aesthetically and politically. In the face of many recent closures, UKGBD is a valuable historic and artistic record of inclusive spaces across 13 cities. The films will be screened within a space that calls to mind a Queer Community Centre, containing historic and contemporary pamphlets and ephemera relating to LBGTQI issues.
\nCurator: Shonagh Marshall.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.somersethouse.org.uk\/about\/press\/press-releases\/utopian-voices-here-and-now
\nImage. Photo credits: UK Gay Bar Directory \u00a9<\/span> Rosie Hastings & Hannah Quinlan-Anderson<\/em><\/p>\n

We R Exhibition<\/h2>\n

Dates: June 21 \u2013 July 3, 2016
\nVenue: Espacio Gallery, London, UK<\/p>\n

\"An exhibition that both celebrates and challenges the limits of being equal and the right to be different. After so much recent progress on LGBT+ equality, what are the challenges ahead? Is there something distinct about LGBT+ identity that is worth preserving, or does acceptance inevitably mean assimilation or that equality leads to homogeneity?
\nParticipating artists: Santiago Alc\u00f2n, Brigitte Boldy, Andre Calado & Lucia Nunes, Richard Harris, Ronald Hernandez, Sally Jones, Kimberly Klau\u00df<\/a>, Rachel McCourt, Graeme Messer, Jose Oriek & Carla Belmonte, Gianluca Pisano, Luis Pereira, Ian Rayer-Smith, Holly Revell<\/a>, Bettina Stuurman, Joao Trindade and Mia Wilkinson<\/a>.
\nOrganisers: Bettina Stuurman<\/a> and Joao Trindade<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.espaciogallery.com\/future-exhibitions.html
\nImage\u00a0\u00a9 Holly Revell<\/em><\/p>\n

Boudry\/Lorenz: normal work & toxic<\/h2>\n

Dates: May 28 \u2013 September 4, 2016
\nVenue: Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands<\/p>\n

This presentation include two film installations by Berlin-based duo, Boudry\/Lorenz: Normal Work<\/a><\/em> (2007) and Toxic<\/a><\/em> (2012). The films are based on performances examining the history of photography and its connection to sexuality and lived intimacies. The body is a central part of the work, as an instrument to rework social, cultural and political power structures. Questions of gender and sexual identity in today\u2019s multicultural society with complex power relationships seem urgent. In their work, Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz<\/a> critique the notion of fixed identities. The two film installations approach this subject from a historical perspective. Normal Work<\/em> concerns the way in which Hannah Cullwick, a servant in 19th-century Victorian England, broke down views on gender and social class through photography. In Toxic<\/em>, the power struggle between the photographed subject, the photographer and the observer takes centre stage. This presentation is one of a number of projects at the Van Abbemuseum in 2016 that examine queering as a methodology for engaging with the museum.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/vanabbemuseum.nl\/en\/programme\/detail\/?tx_vabdisplay_pi1%5Bptype%5D=18&tx_vabdisplay_pi1%5Bproject%5D=2213<\/p>\n

GirlFrenzy to CroneFrenzy at Supernormal 2016<\/h2>\n

Dates: August 5 \u2013 7, 2016
\nVenue: Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, UK<\/p>\n

\"EricaIn 1991, Erica Smith spent the money she \u201cshould\u201d have spent on her Poll Tax on publishing a \u2018zine called GirlFrenzy<\/em>, comprising articles and strips but no make-up tips. A top ten \u2018zine in Melody Maker for two years running, GirlFrenzy<\/em> had a stellar cast of women contributors. It was always described as \u201cby women for people\u201d. Several of the women involved with the \u2018zine are regular attendees at the annual Supernormal festival and, this year, they will stage a ReUnion project, bringing together like minds and gathering material for the first GirlFrenzy since 1999. As part of this project, there will be a one day exhibition, plus some performance and a spoken word event. Artists involved alongside Smith include: Rachael House<\/a>, Liz Wakefield, Deborah Ewing, Loulou Cousin and Georgie House.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.supernormalfestival.co.uk\/performances\/
\nImage. Photo credits: Erica Smith by Rachael House, ink drawing, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

State of mind – Queer Lives in Russia<\/h2>\n

Dates: June 8 \u2013 September 4, 2016
\nVenue: Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden<\/p>\n

The exhibition State of Mind \u2013 Queer Lives in Russia<\/em> at Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, presents two works highlighting the living conditions of lesbians and bisexual woman in Russia: the installation State of Mind<\/em> (2006-2008), by the artists Annica Karlsson Rixon and Anna Viola Hallberg<\/a>, and a selection from Karlsson Rixon\u2019s photographic series At the Time of the Third Reading<\/em> (2013). State of Mind<\/em> is an art project on lesbian and bisexual women living in St. Petersburg. The work is a photography, video and sound based installation that portrays 39 people reflecting on their situations and their hopes for the future.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/konst.gu.se\/infoglueCalendar\/digitalAssets\/4456466428_BifogadFil_Queer%20lives%20in%20Russia%20EN.pdf<\/p>\n

Homosexuality_ies \/ Homosexualit\u00e4t_en<\/h2>\n

Dates: May 13 to September 4, 2016
\nVenue: LWL \u2013 Museum f\u00fcr Kunst und Kultur in M\u00fcnster, M\u00fcnster, Germany<\/p>\n

\"Advertisement:<\/a>Homosexualit\u00e4t_en shows how same-sex sexuality and non-conformist gender identities have been criminalised and socially repressed and it tells the story of the LGBT liberation movement. The section of the exhibition on view at the Deutsches Historisches Museum focuses on historical developments in the fields of society, politics, art, law and science since the \u2018discovery\u2019 of homosexuality in the mid-19th century. The section of the exhibition on view at the Schwules Museum* consists of contemporary artworks and addresses the present and future of gender codes and sexualities. Participating artists: Monica Bonvicini (IT\/DE), Louise Bourgeois (FR\/US), Heather Cassils<\/a> (CA\/US), Michael Elmgreen (DK) and Ingar Dragset (NO), Nicole Eisenman<\/a> (FR\/US), Lotte Laserstein (DE\/SE), Lee Lozano (US), Jeanne Mammen<\/a> (DE), Zanele Muholi<\/a> (ZA), Henrik Olesen (DK), Andy Warhol (US), Mary Coble (US\/SE), Sturtevant (US), Sam Taylor-Johnson (UK) and others.
\nCurators: Dr. Birgit Bosold, Dr. Doroth\u00e9e Brill and Detlef Weitz<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www.lwl.org\/LWL\/Kultur\/museumkunstkultur\/ausstellungen\/homosexualitaet_en\/?lang=en
\nImage. Photo credits: Heather Cassils and Robin Black<\/em><\/p>\n

New Hall Art Collection: Feminism and Gender<\/h2>\n

Dates: March 1 \u2013 August 31, 2016
\nVenue: New Hall Art Collection, Cambridge, UK<\/p>\n

\"RachaeThe largest collection of works by women in Europe – housed in an all-women college in Cambridge – is not a specifically a collection of feminist art. It does, however, tell a story of diversity, creativity and collective giving. Since the collection began in the late 1980s, there have been on-going shifts in the ideals, discourse and political urgency of the position of women in society. Each generation represented in the collection has its own defining moment of being politicised (the War, the pill, the music, the internet etc.) – the moment when the personal became the political. Currently, steered by online activity and a series of events and works by guest artists Rachael House<\/a> and Jemima Burrill, there is a focus on works that contribute to the discourse around feminism and gender. Rachael House presents some of her work in the form of banners, \u2018zines, pennants and badges, while Burrill is screening a collection of short films exploring motherhood and a woman\u2019s complex relationship to home and the domestic. Other prominent artists in the collection, engaged in issues of gender and feminism, include: Helen Chadwick, Judy Chicago, Rebecca Fortnum, Oona Grimes, the Guerrilla Girls, Marcelle Hanselaar, Alexis Hunter, Mary Kelly, Shani Rhys James and Maud Sulter.<\/p>\n

Link: http:\/\/www-art.newhall.cam.ac.uk\/exhibitions
\nImage. Photo credits: Portable Queering Kit by Rachael House, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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