Feminist Art Roundtable: Joan Semmel, Joyce Kozloff, and Judith Bernstein
Three pioneering feminist artists discuss their decades-long friendship and parallel careers in the New York art world, moderated by Rachel Corbett.
Why we picked this
Three artists who helped define feminist art in New York, still working, still friends, talking about what it actually took — the kind of living history you can only get from the people who made it.
Joan Semmel, Joyce Kozloff, and Judith Bernstein came up together in the New York art world at a time when being a woman artist meant fighting for every inch of visibility. Decades later, all three are still working and still making demanding, uncompromising work. This roundtable brings them together to discuss their shared experiences, their friendship, and how feminist art moved from contested territory to the center of the canon.
The conversation is moderated by Rachel Corbett, author and arts journalist, and coincides with the Jewish Museum’s current exhibition Joan Semmel: In the Flesh. A rare chance to hear three pioneers reflect on a movement they helped create.