This is the second part of our two responses to Jane Kallir’s article, “Egon Schiele was not a sex offender”. The first part, from Program Developer Tiffany Rhoades, can be found here. While Tiffany looked primarily at the historical context and...
Recently, some of Girl Museum’s senior staff got into a discussion centered around an article by Jane Kallir on Egon Schiele, an early 20th century Austrian Expressionist. In January, Head Girl Ashley E Remer discussed the #MeToo movement in the art world....
Just look at the painting. You do not need any special pedigree, beyond being sighted. In fact, a blind person could tell you, if the painting were being described to them, that something is not right. This painting is called Thérèse Dreaming, by...
Did you know it takes years of training to be a geisha? And that “geisha” means “artist”? Geisha and their world are very mysterious. That is part of the charm. However, its complicated and somewhat confused history means that geisha are...
A woman is always accompanied, except when quite alone, and perhaps even then, by her own image of herself. … From earliest childhood she is taught and persuaded to survey herself continually. She has to survey everything she is and everything she...
