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Join Museum Director Susan Chevlowe for this program organized with DOROT. The talk revisits a previous exhibition at Derfner Judaica Museum exploring women artists, Unlisted: Underappreciated Women Artists from the Permanent Collection, that highlighted seventeen mid- to late twentieth-century women artists who worked in modernist styles, yet are not often exhibited today despite their significant skills, careers, and accomplishments.

“Listed” is used to describe artists included in standard art reference books. The term is often used by auction houses and online auction websites to indicate that an artist is of a certain status and to bolster their legitimacy. “Unlisted,” the title of this exhibition, exposes the arbitrariness of the art world. The impact is particularly significant for women who, in addition to attempting to establish reputations as professional artists, had to compete in a sexist, male-dominated art world. In some cases, forced to choose between traditional gender roles and a career, women artists gave up their artistic practice, further driving their names into obscurity. For full description and to register, click here.