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Deborah Jack: 20 Years, a mid-career survey Pen + Brush NYC

Over the decades, her works have collectively become part of the (de)colonial memory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In the Netherlands we know or hear little or nothing about St. Maarten unless a hurricane like Luis (1995), Ivan (2004) or Irma and Maria (2017) passes over the island and leaves it devastated.

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sloan leo on Community Design and “A Watermelon for Leo”

Sloan Leo believes there is no design without community, and no purpose without justice. This fall, their “A Watermelon for Leo” is on view at Pen + Brush in New York.

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A Disrupted Inheritance

With the threat of statelessness looming, the artist kept true to form, and her citizenship status immediately became one of her materials, as in when she pinned images of her family to her chest with acupuncture needles, in a performance which she called “Recuérdame,” or “Remember Me,” performed at Pen + Brush.

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From the Archive: Brooklyn Rail ArTonic

With shows like this, Pen + Brush positions itself as a unique space for observing the trajectory of feminist art over time…

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Hyperallergic essay on Women’s Work

The familiar expression “women’s work” persists in our cultural lexicon, but five artists/activists present visions that reshape its definition in a massive and thoughtful exhibition.

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Ms. Q&A with curator Grace Aneiza Ali

Women’s Work: Art & Activism in the 21st Century features the work of five women artist-activists whose roots span the globe. Each engage the current political moment via their artmaking.

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ART News Women’s Work Slideshow

View some works from Women’s Work Art & Activism in the 21st Century at Pen + Brush, New York

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With a New Exhibit, Women’s Work Is in the Art Gallery

In the Pen + Brush spirit of women’s involvement in activism, politics, and art, Ali reflected on the the 2017 Women’s March as a sampling of women’s work:

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Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

The next exhibition in Pen + Brush’s 125th-anniversary year features a quintet of international artists whose studio practices and activist activities challenge, if not shatter, outdated conceptions of what qualifies as “women’s work.”