Summary: Linda Nochlin is the Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art at New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. Her article, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?,” published in Art News in 1971, was significant for introducing a feminist perspective to the field of art history and criticism. Looking at the legacies and potentials of feminism in relation to WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, the The Ralph Tornberg/Museum Director’s Distinguished Lecture Series series investigates how feminist thinking on all levels—social, artistic, political, psychological and theoretical—is important in our cultural life. Recorded April 15, at the Pacific Design Center, SilverScreen Theater.
