Curating naked truths: Tate Modern’s Director Emerita, Frances Morris appears alongside the Guerilla Girls who are a feminist artist collective from New York City that formed in 1985. They share subversive anecdotes of transforming patriarchal representations of women in museums and debate why museums are not neutral.
Episode highlights
Do museums tell the truth?
Censorship and missing stories
Truth-telling advice for artists and curators
#Tate #Gallery #Art #Activism #Change #HumanRights #Advocacy #cancelculture #censorship #culturewars #socialjustice
Hosted by @YasminCurates in conversation with @GuerillaGirls and Frances Morris @Tate
Do you believe everything you see in museums? Share your thoughts and museum photos via #MuseumTruthLies.
CREDITS: Host and scriptwriter, Yasmin Khan; Executive Producer, Marie Horner; Composer, Helen A. Wilson; Sound Design, Lucy Dearlove (supported by Lucia Scazzoccio).
SPONSORS: Art South Asia Project and ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation
Recommended resources
Guerrilla Girls reveal enduring inequalities in museums and galleries at Whitechapel Gallery (2016), by Yasmin Khan, Museums + Heritage Advisor https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/insights/guerilla-girls-reveal-enduring-inequalities-in-museums-and-galleries-at-whitechapel-gallery/
Tate Modern https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/g/guerrilla-girls
Guerilla Girls www.guerrillagirls.com
Guerrilla Girls – 'You Have to Question What You See' | Artist Interview | TateShots (2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uKg7hb2yoo
The White Pube https://thewhitepube.co.uk/