Patricia Hills Art World Feminist

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In her candid memoir Patricia Hills takes us into the nitty-gritty world of museum curating academic teaching and artmaking. When the art establishment balked at her contrarian views Hills took a stand against</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>racist attitudes gender bias and patriarchy. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Art World Feminist</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> probes the cultural and political minefields in the US while offering an insider view of the counterculture the feminist movement anti-racism and left politics in the art world. It is the tale of a resilient woman's unconventional breakthrough into the male club and a powerful pushback to the right-wing attacks on American history in the world of art and beyond.</span></p><p>Art World Feminist describes the patriarchal traditions of museums and universities in the 1950s and 1960s and how one brave woman challenged those attitudes and traditions. It illustrates how a courageous art curator can change the practice of museums and bring to the public's eye marginalized and forgotten artists and subjects.</p><p></p>