Exhibition
The exhibition will take place from March 28 to June 28, 2026.
Feminist Avant-Garde. Works from the VERBUND COLLECTION, Vienna
Museu de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo
28.03.-28.06.2026
The exhibition „Feminist Avant-Garde“ is presented for the first time outside Europe, showcasing around 60 pioneering works by women artists from the 1970s selected from the VERBUND COLLECTION, complemented by selected pieces from the Museu de Arte Contemporânea’s collection in São Paulo.
Artists such as VALIE EXPORT, Renate Bertlmann, and Cindy Sherman challenged patriarchal roles, using new media like photography and performance to create radically new images of womanhood from a female perspective. This exhibition is one of the most important feminist art shows today, highlighting socio-political themes that continue to resonate.
CURATORS
Gabriele Schor, founding director of the VERBUND COLLECTION, Vienna
Ana Gonçalves Magalhães, full professor and curator, MAC USP
CURATORIAL ASSISTANTS
Eva Haberfellner, VERBUND COLLECTION, Vienna
Sophie Rueger, VERBUND COLLECTION, Vienna
Artists of the feminist avant-garde
Works by the following feminist avant-garde artists are on display.
A-H
- Emma Amos
- Eleanor Antin
- Mirella Bentivoglio
- Renate Bertlmann
- Marcella Campagnano
- Veronika Dreier
- VALIE EXPORT
- Alexis Hunter
I-O
- Mako Idemitsu
- Sanja Ivekovic
- Birgit Jürgenssen
- Anna Kutera
- Katalin Ladik
- Natalia LL
- Karin Mack
- Lorraine O’Grady
P-Z
- Florentina Pakosta
- Gina Pane
- Margot Pilz
- Howardena Pindell
- Ulrike Rosenbach
- Cindy Sherman
- Elaine Shemilt
- Annegret Soltau
- Gabriele Stötzer
- Francesca Woodman
- Jana Zelibská
Insights into the exhibition
© MAC USP
Photos: Elaine Christina Maziero
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo
Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, 1301 - Vila Mariana, São Paulo - SP, 04094-050, Brazil
