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Maura Reilly

Dr. Maura Reilly is the Founding Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, the first museum exhibition space of its kind in the world. Prior to assuming the position as Curator, Reilly taught art history and women's studies at Tufts University, as well as courses at Pratt Institute, Vassar College, and at her alma mater, The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, where she received her Ph.D. in 2000 in Modern and Contemporary Art with a concentration in feminist and queer theory. Reilly has curated, lectured, and published extensively, both nationally and internationally, and has been a regular contributor to Art in America since 1998. In 2005, in celebration of ArtTable's 25th year Anniversary, she received one of their prestigious Future Women Leadership Awards; and in 2006, she received a Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts Award from the Women's Caucus for Art. She is an active member of the National Organization for Women, International Association of Art Critics, ArtTable, and is on the National Committee of The Feminist Art Project. Most recently, Reilly curated, Ghada Amer: Love Has No End,, and co-curated with Linda Nochlin, a major exhibition of international contemporary feminist art, titled Global Feminisms, which inaugurates the Brooklyn Museum's new Center for Feminist Art in March of 2007. Reilly is the author of a monograph on Ghada Amer (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2007).

Deinstalling Ghada Amer: Love Has No End

Introduction didactic to Ghada Amer: Love Has No End with packing boxes. Photo by Sarah Giovanniello Last week we watched as the deinstallation of Ghada…

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Patterns & Models

Venus, no. 192 (August 1988). “Numero special femmes voiles pour l’été 1988” (Special issue for veiled women, summer 1988). Collection of the artist While living…

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Next Up, Votes for Women!

(Unknown Artist, New York Pickets at the White House, January 26, 1917, Records of the National Women’s Party, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.)…

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Goodbye to Global Feminisms—Hello Ghada Amer!

Art handlers and staff go over packing details and take down wall labels. To the right, two large crates filled with works ready to be…

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Congratulations Melissa!

Although she’s been settling into her fabulous new position as the National Programs Manager at ArtTable for a few months now, CONGRATULATIONS are past due…

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Much More Than Meat Joy

(Carolee Schneemann, still from Fuses, 1965. Courtesy of the Artist.) This month there are a fantastic crop of programs showcasing the work of Carolee Schneemann,…

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A Goddess Visits the Center!

Maura Reilly and Roseanne Barr, June 25, 2007. Photo © Adam Husted Dear Feminists, I’m giddy with excitement when I tell you that one of…

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FAITH RINGGOLD LECTURE THIS SATURDAY!

This Saturday, June 2, 2007 2–4 p.m. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd floor Come hear Feminist icon, Faith Ringgold discuss her groundbreaking work…

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FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION!

Global Feminisms Remix On View August 3, 2007 – February 3, 2007 Forty-four works selected from Global Feminisms will once again be on view at…

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Explore the Feminist Art Base!

Our new Feminist Art Base currently has over 125 profiles and it is growing daily! We’re super jazzed because as far as we know, there…

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Feminisms Without Borders Symposium

Thanks to everyone for making the Feminisms Without Borders Symposium such a great success! The speakers presented fantastic lectures that incited much dialogue and debate…

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