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Alison Kuo’s You Pick the Moon, 2024 Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum “Really the remit for the show was to highlight new acquisitions,” Catherine J. Morris, Sackler Family Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, explained. “We’ve gotten several things in the last couple of years that are just great pieces and in thinking about how to show them, I think that’s where the idea of the conversations come from. There’s several things that we talk about, several things that are unique. Two unique things about the Brooklyn Museum for me, as the curator of the Feminist Center, is, first of all, that we have one. And second, I don’t think that the purpose of the Center for Feminist Art is to, as I like to say it when I’m feeling snarky, is to get out the ladies. I don’t think that’s the goal. I think the goal of the Feminist Center is to think about methodologies that have been informed by feminism. I would contend that if you’re looking at visual culture today, you’ve been informed by feminism. And at its most simple, what does that mean?” Everyday Rebellions, Morris’ latest exhibition opens today, and we met over Zoom earlier this week to discuss it. “For me,” Morris continued, “the opportunity to take advantage of all that the Brooklyn Museum has to offer, in terms of its historic collections, is always a kind of starting point. The Center does not exist as a separate place within the museum; it is very much part of the museum.” Beverly Semmes. Chorus, 1992. Velvet, wood, and metal hangers. Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum The title of the exhibition comes from Gloria Steinem’s bestselling book, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, and the iconic writer has long been a source of…

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