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Eating Together: Judy Chicago’s ‘Herstory’ at New Museum in NYC

Welcome to Women’s History Month 2025:

To celebrate, we are reposting tributes to some of the Swans who have made the greatest impact on our own lives. These are names & faces everyone should know!

Art heals. I spend a great deal of time reading and writing about that healing as critically as possible: How well and how much does art heal?… read more.

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Spandita Malik: Meshes of Resistance, Threads of Hope

Photographer Spandita Malik has produced at least three portraits of Parween Devi. In each instance, the latter has been a partner in the creative process, contributing her expert needlework. In a portrait in Spandita’s Vadhu: The Embroidered Bride series, Parween sits for her bridal portrait in a plastic chair in front of a cabinet which holds an older-model television.… read more.

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