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Let’s consider this for a minute: how many women artists are Camille Morineau, there, hiding behind the Great Masters of Art History? How co-founder and chairwoman of AWARE many were forgotten in favour of their male counterparts? Current, -based, director of exhibitions and collections at the

The few women artists we know of today have only just Monnaie de Paris, she has worked recently come to the public’s attention: for twenty years in public cultural waited half a century to be brought out of the shadow of her institutions in , ten of which husband Robert… was 96 years old when the were at the as a curator of the contemporary musée national d’Art moderne – Centre Pompidou held its first collections. She has been the curator French retrospective of her work… enjoyed of numerous exhibitions including a certain degree of fame during her lifetime, but mainly for her (2006), Nanas, despite the fact that her whole body of work was far (2012), (2013), and the hanging elles@centrepompidou more complex… Only in 2005 was Annette Messager the first (2009-2011) dedicated solely to female woman to be chosen to represent France at the Venice Biennale, artists from the collections of the also winning the Golden Lion prize that same year… musée national d’art moderne. She was Hundreds, thousands of women artists have sunken into also the curator of the comprehensive survey of Niki de Saint Phalle at oblivion simply because their work was neither shown, the in Paris and the acknowledged, celebrated in major exhibitions, nor officially Guggenheim Bilbao. rewarded.

These are the reasons why I created AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions in 2014, – so that we could rewrite art history from a more gender-equal perspective. It is high time we place women artists at the same level as their male counterparts by bringing their work into the spotlight.

Camille Morineau Photo: MCC - Didier Plowy

A few dates on the visibility of women artists in the 20th century

1 900 1 97 1 Less than 20% of solo exhibitions First studio for women opens at the Exhibition . Black Women between 2007 and 2014 were devoted École nationale supérieure des beaux- Artists. 1971 at Acts of Art Galleries in to women artists at MoMA and arts in France. New York. LACMA, and 30% at the Whitney Museum. European institutions 1 91 1 1 972 show similar numbers, with less Sculptress Lucienne Heuvelmans is Exhibition organised by than 20% at the Centre Pompidou the first woman to be awarded the Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, and barely more at Tate Modern Grand Prix de Rome in art. co-founders of the London, according to the 2015 Program in CalArts, Los Angeles. 1 953 statistics published by Maura Reilly Exhibition Women in Art at the 1 982 in ARTnews. Houston Museum First retrospective exhibition of (Texas). Louise Bourgeois at the Museum of Only twenty women in 2016 ranked Modern Art in New York. Her first among the artists with the highest 1 968 retrospective in France occurs only in worldwide visibility, according to British Bridget Riley is the first 2008 at the Centre Pompidou. Artindex rankings. woman to receive the Grand Prize at the Venice Biennale. 1 987 Opening of the National Museum of 1 97 1 Women in the Arts in Washington, Art historian Linda Nochlin writes DC. the founding article “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” in ARTnews.

A WA R E PRESENTATION What is AWARE? 3

Works by women artists have seldom Backed by 4 programmes been shown, acquired and discussed Who are They ? throughout the 20th century despite The AWARE website them being an animating force, (awarewomenartists.com) is a particularly in the avant-gardes. It documentary platform in its own is precisely this lack of information right, complete with illustrated that makes the valorisation of their biographical presentations of work more difficult today. This artists, academic articles on ongoing observation, shared by many art research, exhibition reviews, and a historians and curators, is what led section listing current exhibitions Camille Morineau, on the initiative featuring women artists, updated Photo: Émile Ouroumov of the 100% women’s art exhibition daily. elles@centrepompidou held at the AWARE is a non-profit organisation Centre Pompidou in 2009-2010, to The creation of AWARE (Lab), a founded by 7 women from diverse create AWAR E . resource centre based in Paris, in backgrounds but all driven by the partnership with universities and same enthusiasm: Restoring the presence of the documentation centres of major Margot Mérimée Dufourcq 20th-century women artists modern and contemporary art LAW Y ER in the history of art museums, allows for the constitution Daphné Moreau Archives of Women Artists, Research of a documentary collection of digital LAW Y ER and Exhibitions is a non-profit publications and resources aimed at Camille Morineau organisation founded in 2014. consolidating information on women CURATOR Faced with the under-representation artists. of women in the art world, AWARE’s Elisabeth Pallas VIOLINIST aim is to balance out the presence of Let’s Talk about Them these women artists, these “forgotten In partnership with universities and Nathalie Rigal LAW Y ER figures of art history”, in order to museums, AWARE organises round improve their visibility through the tables, symposiums and study days Alexandra Vernier-Bogaert PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT sharing of free access resources. in France and abroad, including in The organisation promotes an countries where the condition of Julie Wolkenstein WRITER educational and professional women is precarious. approach through partnerships with universities and museums. Artists, Where are They? collectors, institutions, historians, AWARE organises museum visits to students and the general public discover women artists and their art. can use the archives to find the information they need about All about Them women artists of the 20th century. AWARE’s goal is to encourage the sharing of information on the works of women artists by way of printed publications intended for both the general and specialised public, particularly via the publication of a MOOK, a yearly magazine compiling articles from the web-magazine and previously unpublished articles, and the proceedings of the symposiums organised by AWARE every year

A WA R E PRESENTATION AWARE: a few key figures 4

1 175 A committed specialist 175 biographical presentations at the head of the project: Camille Morineau of women artists published on the website, complete with exhibition reviews and a section listing the latest news 7 concerning women artists 7 female founding members from diverse backgrounds 3 3 permanent employees , and a team of volunteers 4000 from major European cultural An average of institutions and museums. 4,000 monthly visitors 16 1 6 Friends 5 of AWARE 5 round tables and symposiums organised in 2016-2017 and 3 symposiums and study days programmed for 2017-2018 1 A contemporary art award dedicated to women, with the exceptional support of the French Ministry of Culture

A WA R E WHO ARE T HEY? A website and a documentation centre dedicated to 20th-century 5 women artists

In order to give more visibility to AWARE’s website is paired with the 20th-century women artists and AWARE Lab documentation centre in rewrite a more gender-equal art Paris. AWARE Lab had compiled 800 history, AWARE works towards references – monographs, exhibition the promotion of resources and catalogues, essays, and reviews – on information on women artists around women artists, feminist art and the world, both in French theory. and English. The AWARE website (awarewomenartists.com) is a free- The documentation centre is access work tool which features the currently being developed with organisation’s latest news and gathers donations, exchanges, and information and collective initiatives acquisitions. on the subject. AWARE Lab is open to researchers and students from Monday to Friday. To make an appointment, please contact The site also highlights ongoing us at [email protected] exhibitions organised by museums in the Exhibitions section, updated The list of publications up for daily. The Magazine section offers consultation or exchange is available interviews, reports, articles written by on demand. researchers, and monthly exhibition reviews. Address: AWARE Lab, 110 boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris The site’s goal is to encourage and give visibility to research on Elles. Video recordings, symposium proceedings, and study days organised by AWARE are accessible to all online. The site is specifically designed as a digital resource centre featuring The site also enables the public to written, iconographic, and audiovisual follow the organisation’s initiatives contents. At the heart of the project, and news, including the Visites du it provides access to an index of 8 programmes, symposiums, study illustrated biographical presentations days, AWARE Prize, and regular of women artists in the field of visual updates on women artists! arts, from Camille Claudel to more recent creators. The interface offers a keyword research tool (by discipline, country, period, subject) and the possibility to link the artists to the great movements in art history. The organisation’s goal is to enrich the database with about 150 biographical presentations per year.

A WA R E CALENDAR Past events 6

ROUND TABLE STUDY DAY 7 MARCH & 11 APRIL, 2014 | PARIS 25 FEBRUARY, 2017 | PARIS “Artistes femmes / femmes ingénieurs : “They create, collect, and support: une esthétique de la rareté” women and the arts since Antiquity” AT THE LAB OF THE CULTURAL AT THE CENTRE POMPIDOU INSTITUTE In partnership with the Mnémosyne Association, — for the development of the history of women and gender PRIZE — NOV. 2014 | PARIS VISITS 17-18 SEPT., 2016 | ÎLE-DE-FRANCE Presentation of the Marie-Claire STUDY DAY “Journées du Matrimoine” Prize for contemporary art, organised 4 MARCH, 2017 | LONDON Guided visits about women artists by AWARE, to Esther Ferrer “Collecting Art by Women” in the public collections around Paris (honorary prize) and Léa Barbazanges AT THE WHITECHAPEL GALLERY AT THE MUSÉE CARNAVALET, THE PETIT- In partnership with the Whitechapel Gallery AT THE ESPACE FONDATION EDF PALAIS, THE MAC/VAL, THE MUSÉE D’ART — MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, … — In partnership with the H/F Association WEBSITE Île-de-France 8 MARCH, 2015 — Launch of the first version of the website, accessible to all in French INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM and English: awarewomenartists.com 23-24 SEPT., 2016 | POITIERS (FRANCE) — “Parent-Elles, Partner, Daughter, Sister of…: Women Artists and WEBSITE the Ties of Kinship” 22 OCTOBER, 2015 | PARIS AT THE MUSÉE SAINTE-CROIX Official launch of the organisation In partnership with CRIHAM (Université and inauguration of the Friends of de Poitiers) and the Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers AWARE group — AT THE TOKYO ART CLUB, PALAIS DE TOKYO — ROUND TABLE 16 OCTOBER, 2016 | PARIS “Cherchez les femmes: Recognizing women artists today” VISITS Contributions by Camille Morineau 8-12 MARCH, 2017 | PARIS alongside Susan Fisher Sterling, Où sont-Elles ? (Where are They?) Fabrice Hergott, Floriane de Free visits to learn more about Saint-Pierre, Elsa Sahal and women artists in public collections. Thomas Schlesser AT THE MUSÉE D’ORSAY, AT THE CENTRE POMPIDOU, AT THE MUSÉE DES ARTS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AT THE MONA BISMARCK AMERICAN CENTER DÉCORATIFS,… 19-20 MAY 2016 | LISBON (PORTUGAL) Organised by Les Amis du NMWA — “Penetrable / Traversable / Habitable: — Exploring spatial environments by WEBSITE women artists in the 1960s and ” 15 JUNE, 2017 AT THE CENTRO DE ARTE MODERNA – Launch of an improved version FUNDAÇÃO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN of the website and publication of In partnership with IHA, FCSH and the printed and digital versions of universidade Nova, Lisbon the proceedings of the symposium — “Parent-Elles, Partner, Daughter,

STUDY DAY Sister of…: Women Artists and the 9 SEPTEMBER, 2016 | PARIS Ties of Kinship”. Contributions by Camille Morineau — alongside the Guerilla Girls, Femen, La Barbe, Fabienne Dumont, Marc Donnadieu, and Deborah De Robertis. AT THE MAISON DES AUTEURS Organised by Michèle Didier and Marie Docher, on the occasion of the Guerilla Girls and La Barbe exhibition (Galerie Michèle Didier) PRIZE 31 JAN.–31 MARCH, 2017 | PARIS — Presentation of the AWARE Prizes for women artists, dedicated to both an emerging and a confirmed artist, by Audrey Azoulay, Minister of Culture and Communication, and exhibition of works by the eight nominated artists in the windows of the Palais Royal peristyle. — A WA R E CALENDAR Upcoming events 7

VISITES DU 8 VISITES DU 8 8 SEPTEMBER | PARIS 8 DECEMBER | PARIS Visit of the exhibition Visit of the exhibition . Hélène Delprat I Did It My Way The Rebellion of the dead. Retrospective with Émilie Bouvard, cultural 1969-2018 with Sophie Duplaix, head heritage curator, art historian and curator of contemporary colections author of the exhibition catalogue at musée national d’Art moderne and AT LA MAISON ROUGE curator of the exhibition On the occasion of the “Où sont-Elles?” programme AT THE CENTRE POMPIDOU — On the occasion of the “Où sont-Elles?” programme —

PRIZE JANUARY 2018 | PARIS Presentation of the AWARE Prizes for women artists, dedicated to both an emerging and a confirmed artist, by Françoise Nyssen, Minister of Culture, and exhibition of works by the eight nominated artists —

VISITS 5-11 MARCH, 2018 | ÎLE-DE-FRANCE “Paris c’est Elles”

VISITES DU 8 Free visits to explore the world of 6 OCTOBER | PARIS women artists in the public space Visit of the exhibition — Diana Quinby et Marie-Pierre Brunel, STUDY DAY with Alain Cardenas-Castro, 12 APRIL 2018 | PARIS Science and Contemporary Art “Is performance an area of visibility mediator and curator of the exhibition of women artists?” AT THE MUSÉE DE L’HOMME, YVONNE ODDON RESEARCH LIBRARY AT THE BEAUX-ARTS DE PARIS On the occasion of the “Où sont-Elles?” programme In partnership with the Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée and the Beaux-Arts de Paris — —

VISITES DU 8 PUBLICATIONS 8 NOVEMBER | PARIS SPRING 2018 Visit of the exhibition Publication of the 1st issue of the Women House AWARE Mook, a collection of articles with Camille Morineau, from the website and previously head of exhibitions and collections at unpublished articles the Monnaie de Paris, chairwoman of AWARE and curator of the exhibition AT THE MONNAIE DE PARIS On the occasion of the “Où sont-Elles?” programme —

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 8 & 9 DECEMBER | PARIS “WAS - Women Artists Shows·Salons·Societies: group exhibitions of women artists, 1876-1976”

AT THE AUDITORIUM OF THE JEU DE PAUME In partnership with the Artl@s project (Purdue University and ENS Ulm) and in collaboration with Jeu de Paume —

A WA R E CREDITS Our partners & sponsors 8

INSTITUTIONAL THE MUSEUMS WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK SPONSORS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR Musée national d’Art moderne – CONTRIBUTION TO THE WEBSITE: Centre Pompidou Agnès Thurnauer Musée d’Orsay Alice Anderson Musée d’art moderne Ann Veronica Janssens Annette Messager de la ville de Paris Cristina Iglesias Musée Carnavalet Dominique Gonzalez Foerster Jeu de Paume Esther Ferrer Ghada Amer M AC VA L Helena Almeida Musée Sainte-Croix (Poitiers) Jenny Holzer Joanna Vasconcelos Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Judy Chicago (Lisbon) Marie Orensaz PRI VATE SPONSORS Whitechapel Gallery (London) Michele Stuart Nil Yalter Paula Dawson Shilpa Gupta THE UNIVERSITIES La Parisienne de photographie Archivio Carol Rama Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Estate of Evelyne Axell Université Paris VIII Estate of École du Estate of Joan Jonas Estate of Lee Miller Université de Poitiers (CRIHAM) Estate of Louise Bourgeois Université Paris-Est Estate of Madame Yevonde PATRONS Marne-la-Vallée (LISAA) Estate of Pacita Abad Estate of Purdue University Estate of Hilma af Klint (West Lafayette, IN) Fondation Hartung-Bergmann Universidade Nova de Lisboa Fondation Merz Joan Mitchell Foundation Maria Lasssnig Foundation Niki Charitable Art Foundation Sindika Dokolo Foundation Dominique Lévy Gallery Galeria Fortes Vilaça Galerie Alexander and Bonin Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre FRIENDS OF AWARE GROUP Galerie Cheim & Read Galerie Deborah Schamoni Eric Béranger Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin François Calvarin Galerie Frank Elbaz Bloum Cardenas Galerie Gagosian Galerie Galleyske Noël Corbin, Galerie Hauser & Wirth Luc Claude David Galerie kamel mennour Belinda de Gaudemar Galerie Lahumière Galerie Lelong Katy Graham Debost Galerie Metro Pictures Marin Karmitz Galerie Nathalie Obadia Marie-Sabine Leclercq Galerie Oniris Galerie Persano Patricia Lemoine Galerie Peter Freeman Inc Benoit Marotte Galerie Tin-aw Jean-Luc Petit Galleria Raffaela Cortese Galleria Tiziana Di Caro Christine Poyer Rufenacht Matthew Marks Gallery Mitchell-Innes & Nash gallery Michel Zarka Pace Gallery Saatchi Gallery Ubu Gallery Victoria Miro Gallery White Cube Zeno-X Gallery Jersey Heritage Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie du Périgord Musée de Senlis Musée Houston Smithsonian museum Vancouver Art Gallery ...

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