A Woman’s Worth

January 9, 2021 to August 15, 2021

A Woman’s Worth, curated by Emily Shinn, Curatorial Extern in European and American Art (201921), considered the representation of women by male artists from the Renaissance through the twentieth century. Paintings and prints from JSMA’s permanent collection explored archetypal ideals of feminine virtues, the objectification of the female form, and woman as model and muse. This exhibition was organized in support of the Feminist Art Coalition (https://feministartcoalition.org/), a cooperative effort among participating museums nationwide to take feminist thought and practice as a point of departure and use art as a catalyst for discourse and civic engagement during and after the 2020 presidential election cycle.