Objectified: The Female Form and the Male Gaze Museum of Art and Archaeology February 15 – July 7, 2019 University of Missouri
Recent Relevant Content Updated February 27, 2019
Museums, Education, and Interpreting the Female Nude
“See change: the battle against sexual harassment in the art world,” Nadja Sayei, The Guardian, February 20, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/20/see-change-the-ongoing-battle-against- sexual-harassment-in-the-art-world
“‘At the heart of all this is the question of power’: Sonia Boyce on the notorious Hylas and the Nymphs takedown,” Ben Luke, The Art Newspaper, March 29, 2018 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/interview/sonia-boyce-hylas-and-the-nymphs
“Why Art History Is Full of People Taking Baths,” Digby Warde-Aldam, Artsy, July 24, 2018 https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-ed ito r ia l-art-history-full-people-baths
“Casanova as Case Study: How Should Art Museums Present Problematic Aspects of the Past?” Cynthia Durcanin, Artnews, August 13, 2018 http://www.artnews.com/2018/08/13/casanova-case-study-art-museums-present-problematic- aspects-past/
“How to Teach Ancient Art in the Age of #MeToo,” Cynthia Colburn and Ella Gonzalez, Hyperallergic, September 5, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/456269/how-to-teach-ancient-art-in-the-age-of-metoo/
“Art galleries tackle male nudity imbalance,” Shingi Mararike and David Collins, The Times, September 9, 2018 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/art-galleries-tackle-ma le-nudity-imbalance-ncvb2q5gh
“Courbet's model for the Origin of the World discovered,” Victoria Stapley-Brown, The Art Newspaper, September 25, 2018 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/origin-of-the-world-model-discovered
“The Guerrilla Girls Are Helping Museums Contend With #MeToo. Read Their Proposed Chuck Close Wall Labels Here,” Javier Pes, Artnet News, September 26, 2018 https://news.artnet.com/art-wor ld /the-guerrilla-girls-help-museums-contend-with-me too-chuck- close-1356403
“Riddle of a Scandalous French Painting Is Solved, Researcher Says,” Adam Nossiter, The New York Times, October 1, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/arts/design/courbet-origin-of-the-world.html
“The Renaissance Nude,” The J. Paul Getty Museum, October 30, 2018 – January 27, 2019 https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/renaissance_nude/
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“Medieval nudes,” Ellie Jackson, British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog, October 30, 2018 https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/10/medieval-nudes.html
“Artist Covertly Hangs #MeToo-Inspired Wall Labels at the Met Museum,” Jasmine Weber, Hyperallergic, November 7, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/469996/artist-covertly-hangs-metoo-inspired-wall-labe ls-at-the-me t- museum/
“‘The art world tolerates abuse’ – the fight to change museum wall labels,” Nadja Sayej, The Guardian, November 28, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/nov/28/the-art-world-tolerates-abuse-the-fight- to-change-muse um-wall-lab e ls
“Why it matters to call external female genitalia ‘vulva’ not ‘vagina’,” Lynn Enright, The Guardian, February 12, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/12/external-female-genitalia-vulva- vagina-sexual-agency
Artists, Accusations, and (Re)Assessme nts
“How Picasso Bled the Women in His Life for Art,” Cody Delistraty, The Paris Review, November 9, 2017 https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/09/how-picasso-b led-the-women-in-his-life-for- art/
“Reel dilemma: are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood’s tyrants by watching their films?” Xan Brooks, The Guardian, November 10, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/10/reel-dilemma-are-we-condoning-the-behaviour- of-hollywoods-tyrants-by-watching-their-films-
“How the Myth of the Artistic Genius Excuses the Abuse of Women,” Amanda Hess, The New York Times, November 10, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/arts/sexual-harassment-art-hollywood.html
“My Woody Allen Problem,” A.O. Scott, The New York Times, January 31, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/movies/woody-allen.html
“Chuck Close: how to deal with an artist accused of sexual harassment,” Nadja Sayei, The Guardian, February 15, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/15/chuck-c lose-art-sexual-harassment-pa fa
“As Egon Schiele Centenary Exhibitions Open, Museums Address Abuse Allegations Against the Artist,” Sarah Cascone, Artnet News, March 2, 2018 https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/picasso-schie le-nudes-met-breuer-mfa-1216541
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“What about ‘The Breakfast Club’? Revisiting the movies of my youth in the age of #MeToo,” Molly Ringwa ld, The New Yorker, April 6, 2018 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/what-about-the-breakfast-club-molly- ringwa ld-metoo-john-hughes-pretty-in-pink
“David Foster Wallace and the Dangerous Romance of Male Genius,” Megan Garber, The Atlantic, May 9, 2018 https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/the-wo r ld-still-spins-around-ma le- genius/559925/
“Art Historians Discuss Strategies for Dealing with Work by Abusive Artists,” Emily Wilson, Hyperallergic, May 25, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/444614/casanova-le gio n-of-honor-reckoning-with-the-past/
“Hannah Gadsby’s Exquisite Performance In Calling Out Artists Who Abuse Their Power,” Kealey Boyd, Hyperallergic, August 16, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/455340/hannah-gadsbys-exquisite-performance-in-calling-out-ar tis ts- who-abuse-their-power/
“The Pervasive Power of Male Privilege at America’s Elite Universities,” Nancy Bowen, Hyperallergic, September 20, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/444114/the-pervasive-power-of-ma le-privilege-at-americas-elite- universities/
“The Morality Wars,” Wesley Morris, The New York Times Magazine, October 3, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/03/magazine/morality-social-justice-art- entertainment.html
“One Year of #MeToo: What Women’s Speech Is Still Not Allowed to Do,” Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, October 10, 2018 https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/one-year-of-metoo-what-wo me ns-speech-is- still-not-a llo wed-to-do
“One Year of #MeToo: Punishing Individual Abusers Is Not the Same as Justice,” Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, October 10, 2018 https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/one-year-of-metoo-punishing-individual- abusers-is-not-the-sa me-as-justice
“What do we do when the art we love was created by a monster?” Constance Grady, Vox, October 11, 2018 https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/10/11/17933686/me-too-separating-ar tis t-art-johnny-depp- woody-allen-lo uis-ck
“Pretending to be bad boys let them get away with being bad men,” Monica Hesse, The Washington Post, January 8, 2019 https://wapo.st/2FjsCAt?tid=ss_mail&utm_term=.b23171cbb59c
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“How Do We Live With Music Made by Problematic Artists?” Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, January 9, 2019 https://pitchfork.com/features/overtones/how-do-we-live-with-music-mad e-by-problematic- artists/
“R. Kelly and the Complexities of Race in the #MeToo Era,” Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, January 11, 2019 https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/r-kelly-and-the-complexities-of-race-in-the- metoo-era
“Can Mozart Survive #MeToo?” Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch, Slate, January 24, 2019 https://slate.com/culture/2019/01/mozart-opera-metoo-ma rr ia ge-figaro-don-giovanni.html
“‘Secrets will eat you up’ – inside the shocking Michael Jackson documentary,” Benjamin Lee, The Guardian, January 25, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/25/michael-jackson-documentary-leaving-neverland
“Michael Jackson Documentary About Child Sexual Abuse Charges Leaves Crowds Shocked,” Matthew Jacobs and Marina Fang, Huffpost, January 25, 2019 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/leaving-neverland-michael-jackson-documentary- sundance_us_5c4b5acde4b0287e5b8a639d
“R Kelly, Michael Jackson and Bryan Singer. Who knew? Everyone,” Marina Hyde, The Guardian, January 31, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2019/jan/31/r-kelly-michael-jackson- and-bryan-singer-who-knew-everyone
“‘Nobody Is Going to Believe You’,” Alex French and Maximillian Potter, The Atlantic, March 2019 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak- out/580462/
“Aziz Ansari actually talked about the sexual misconduct allegation against him like an adult,” Anna North, Vox, February 13, 2019 https://www.vox.com/2019/2/13/18223535/aziz-ansari-sexual-misconduct-allegation-me-too
“Ryan Adams Dangled Success. Women Say They Paid a Price,” Joe Coscarelli and Melena Ryzik, The New York Times, February 13, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/arts/music/ryan-ada ms-women-sex.html
“Prosecutors Are Moving to Indict R. Kelly, After the Discovery of Another Videotape,” Jim DeRogatis, The New Yorker, February 14, 2019 https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/prosecutors-are-moving-to-indict-r-kelly-after-the- discovery-of-another-videotape
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“What Went Wrong at the New York City Ballet,” Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, February 18, 2019 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/18/what-went-wrong-at-new-york-c ity-ballet
“Leaving Neverland: first trailer for 'devastating' Michael Jackson documentary,” Benjamin Lee, The Guardian, February 19, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/19/leaving-neverland-michael-jackson-trailer- documentary-hbo
Sexual misconduct allegations against Time’s Up CEO Lisa Borders’ son prompted her resignation, Meg James and Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, February 21, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-et-mn-times-up-ceo-borders-20190221- story.html
“Emma Thompson’s letter to Skydance: Why I can’t work for John Lasseter,” Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2019 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-mn-emma-thompson-john-lasseter-skydance- 20190226-story.html
“Emma Thompson Quits Film After Studio Hires Executive Accused of Harassment,” Merrit Kennedy, National Public Radio, February 26, 2019 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/26/698246476/emma-thompson-quits-film-a fter-stud io-hir es- executive-accused-of-harassment
“Men of #MeToo Are Back, and No One Knows Quite How to Respond,” Jeff Green and Anousha Sakoui, Bloomberg, February 27, 2019 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-27/john-lasseter-lo uis-ck-richard-me ie r- men-of-metoo-are-back
Models, Muses, Lovers, Wives, and (Women) Artists
“Kate Durbin Finds Virtual Moments of Adolescent Vulnerability in ‘Girls, Online’,” Alicia Eler, Hyperallergic, January 15, 2013 https://hyperallergic.com/63605/kate-durbin-finds-virtual-mo me nts-of-adolescent-vulnerability- in-gir ls-online/
“Art by Women Sells for 47.6% Less Than Works by Men, Study Finds,” Benjamin Sutton, Hyperallergic, December 14, 2017 https://hyperallergic.com/417356/art-by-wo me n-gender-study-se xis m/
“When Female Artists Stop Being Seen as Muses,” Cody Delistraty, The Paris Review, Jul 6, 2018 https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/06/when-female-artists-stop-being-seen-as-muses/
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“What Judy Chicago’s Work Reveals about Toxic Masculinity, Jonathan D. Katz, Artsy, October 4, 2018 https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-ed ito r ia l-judy-chicagos-work-reveals-toxic-masculinity
“Rediscovering the Black Muses Erased from Art History,” Tess Thackara, Artsy, October 9, 2018 https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-ed ito r ia l-rediscovering-black-muses-erased-art-history
“How Jenny Saville Changed the Way We View the Female Form in Painting,” Alina Cohen, Artsy, October 11, 2018 https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-ed ito r ia l-jenny-saville-changed-way-vie w-female-form- painting
“A Brief History of Female Rage in Art,” Ariela Gittlen, Artsy, October 15, 2018 https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-ed ito r ia l-history-female-rage-art
“Female Artists Delete Rape’s ‘Heroic’ Underpinnings,” Jillian Steinhauer, The New York Times, October 16, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/arts/design/review-the-un-he ro ic-act-sexual-violence.html
“After Four Decades, Painter Joan Semmel Still Refuses to Romanticize the Human Body,” Alina Cohen, Artsy, October 16, 2018 https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-ed ito r ia l-fo ur-decades-painter-joan-semmel-refuses- romanticize-human-body
“Patricia Cronin Casts Aphrodite as a Feminist Role Model,” Barbara Pollack, Hyperallergic, October 29, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/467808/patricia-cronin-aphrodite-tampa-museum-of-art/
“It’s True, It’s True, It’s True: All-female play based on rape trial of Artemisia Gentileschi strikes uncanny chord a year on from #MeToo,” Harriet Hall, The Independent, October 30, 2018 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/its-true-its-true-its-true- play-metoo-artemisia-gentileschi-dio ra ma-theatre-tickets-a8608486.html
“A New Illustrated Database for Women Artists Spans the 15th to 19th Centuries,” Karen Chernick, Hyperallergic, October 31, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/468225/a-space-of-their-own-advancing-wo me n-artists/
“A Feminist Workshop on How to Paint Anatomy and Nudes,” Emily Wilson, Hyperallergic, November 15, 2018 https://hyperallergic.com/471339/feminist-school-of-painting-ad-minoliti-kad ist/
La rebelión contra la dictadura de la vulva perfecta,” Alberto G. Palomo, El Mundo, January 17, 2019 https://www.elmundo.es/papel/lifestyle/2019/01/17/5c3f5e9121efa05b288b4871.html
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“Gender reassignment: how dealers tried to attribute female Old Master paintings as work by men,” Ben Luke, The Art Newspaper, January 23, 2019 https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/erased-and-uncovered-how-female-o ld-masters- signatures-were-disguised-by-dealers-to-attribute-their-work-to-me n
“A study found that 85% of artists in U.S. museum collections are white, and 87% are male,” Benjamin Sutton, Artsy, February 19, 2019 https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-study-85-artists-museum-collections-white-87-ma le
“The Headless Women of Hollywod, ” Marcia Belsky, 2016-19 http://headlesswomenofhollywood.com/
“The Vulva Gallery,” Hilde Atalanta, 2019 https://www.thevulvagallery.com/
On Assumptions, Biases, Objectification, Sexualizing, Commodification, Demoralizing, and Abuse
“Watch This Woman Receive 100 Catcalls While Walking Around For A Day,” Cavan Sieczkowski, Huffpost, October 28, 2014 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/28/walking-in-nyc-as-a-woman_n_6063054.html
“The headless women of advertising,” Ilyse Liffreing, Campaign, June 6, 2016 https://www.campaignlive.com/article/headless-women-advertising/1397529
“How Rom-Coms Undermine Women,” Megan Garber, The Atlantic, November 1, 2016 https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/11/its-rom-co ms-fa ult-too/505928/
“How Women See How Male Authors See Them,” Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, April 3, 2018 https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-women-see-how-ma le-authors-see-them
“The Rise and Fall of the American Breastaurant,” Sascha Cohen, Daily Beast, September 17, 2018 https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-rise-and-fa ll-of-the-american-breastaurant
“The #MeToo Movement Gets Its Novel” (book review of His Favorites by Kate Walbert), Sophie Gilbert, The New York Times, September 27, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/books/review/kate-wa lber t-his-favorites.html
“2018 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Yazidi Activist and Congolese Doctor,” Rukmini Callimachi, Jeffrey Gettleman, Nicholas Kulish, and Benjamin Mueller, The New York Times, October 5, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/world/nobel-peace-prize.html
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“Monica Lewinsky and Hannah Gadsby’s Unlikely Double Act,” Joy Press, Vanity Fair, October 9, 2018 https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/10/monica-le winsk y-and-hannah-gadsby-in- conversation
“‘I Was Both Visible and Invisible’: Monica Lewinsky and Hannah Gadsby Talk Trauma,” Nick Bilton, Vanity Fair, October 19, 2018 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/10/monica-lewinsk y-and-hannah-gadsby-ta lk-trauma- podcast
“‘Who Gets to Live in Victimville?’: Why I Participated in a New Docuseries on The Clinton Affair,” Monica Lewinsky, Vanity Fair, November 13, 2018 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/the-clinton-affair-documentary-mo nica-le winsk y
“Monica Lewinsky is finally having her moment,” Anna North, Vox, November 15, 2018 https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/11/15/18095050/monica-le winsk y-clinton-affair-tv-series- interview/
“Here Is How Unconscious Bias Holds Women Back,” Dr. Pragya Agarwal, Forbes, December 17, 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/pragyaagarwaleurope/2018/12/17/here-is-how-unconscious-bia s- holds-women-back/#2a49d0522d4f
“How ‘traditional masculinity’ hurts the men who believe in it most,” Monica Hesse, The Washington Post, January 13, 2019 https://wapo.st/2FmKv2k?tid=ss_mail&utm_term=.b3d8fe8fe02d
“The Cruelty of Call-Out Culture,” David Brooks, The New York Times, January 14, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/opinion/call-out-social-justice.html
“Gillette faces backlash and boycott over ‘#MeToo advert’,” Michael Baggs, BBC News, January 15, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46874617
“Gillette Takes On ‘Toxic Masculinity’ In Viral Me Too Ad,” Amy Russo, Huffpost, January 15, 2019 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gillette-ad-me-too_us_5c3daf15e4b0e0baf540df45
“How should conversations about toxic masculinity deal with the toxic women who also perpetuate it?” Monica Hesse, The Washington Post, January 18, 2019 https://wapo.st/2FGBCQC?tid=ss_mail-a mp
“These film posters of headless women are going viral, again,” BBC, January 31, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/42cae8ac-5ca6-4672-93b3-d3235f0f384a
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“Don’t blame MeToo for ruining the most iconic kiss in history. The photo was never romantic,” Monica Hesse, The Washington Post, February 20, 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/lifestyle/style/dont-b la me-metoo-for-ruining-the- most-iconic-kiss-in-history-the-photo-was-never-romantic/2019/02/20/dc6be22e-348c-11e9- 854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html
The #MeToo Moveme nt
“How Saying #MeToo Changed Their Lives,” Melena Ryzik, The New York Times, June 28, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/28/arts/metoo-mo ve me nt-stories.html
“On #MeToo, Americans More Divided By Party Than Gender,” Tovia Smith, National Public Radio, October 31, 2018 https://www.npr.org/2018/10/31/662178315/on-metoo-americans-mo re-divided-by-party-than- gender
“In The Era of #MeToo Are Men Scared Of Mentoring Women?” Dr. Pragya Agarwal, Forbes, February 18, 2019 https://www.forbes.com/sites/pragyaagarwaleurope/2019/02/18/in-the-era-of-me too-are-me n- scared-of-mentoring-wo me n/a mp /
“263 celebrities, politicians, CEOs, and others who have been accused of sexual misconduct since April 2017, Vox, updated January 9, 2019 https://www.vox.com/a/sexual-harassment-assault-allegations-list
“One Year of #MeToo,” The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/tag/one-year-of-me-too
“#MeToo: The New Yorker’s reporting on the #MeToo movement,” The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/tag/me-too
Reporting of Monica Hess, The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/monica-hesse/
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