Neither Model Nor Muse: Women as Artists September 10, 2010

In 1971, renowned art historian Linda Nochlin pioneered feminist art theory in her ARTnews essay entitled 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?' Over the past 56 years, with art collector, educator, and watercolorist Marion Koogler McNay as inspiration, the McNay has demonstrated the absurdity of Nochlin's question by acquiring countless works by women artists. Neither Model nor Muse: Women as Artists brings together for the first time works by women artists, integrating paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, and designs for the theatre.