As part of our Anemoia exhibition we invited academics, friends and family of the featured Heroines to discuss their work. Amanda Hopkinson discussed the work of Gerti Deutsch.
PlanetHeroines16th March 2021
Hundred Heroines' Vanessa Ansa welcomes Heroine Dorothy Bohm to discuss her impressive oeuvre, accompanied by an essay by her daughter Monica Bohm-Duchen
PlanetHeroines15th March 2021
Week 49, Soundings : Sounds and sounding out, literal and metaphorical, are the thematic notes reverberating through this programme.
PlanetHeroines11th March 2021
Week 48, 365 : March 8, International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. At the same time it is just another day in the struggle for a world with gender equality.
PlanetHeroines4th March 2021
Week 47, The Flâneuse : Originally the image of strolling or sauntering was ascribed to an affluent male, a literary gentleman from 19th-century France who moved unobserved, through the streets but was always observing.
PlanetHeroines23rd February 2021
Week 46, Carnival : Carnival’s origin lies is a Christian festive season before Lent. Traditionally it is celebrated in countries with a large Catholic presence with parades, street parties and sometimes religious services. Masked figures with wondrous costume may people the streets accompanied by live music.
PlanetHeroines18th February 2021
Week 45 : Hip-hop feminism can be seen as part of Black feminism, the fight for social change in a capitalist system that insists on inequalities based on race, class, gender and heteronormativity. It is a ‘theoretical and practical enactment of intersectional, sex positive and inclusive feminist ideas and concepts that draw…
PlanetHeroines11th February 2021
By Venetia Jolly : This exhibition showcases the different heroinic practices of peacemaking and peacekeeping. Usually defined as freedom from civil disturbance, ‘peace’ appears to be a very simple term on the surface.
PlanetHeroines8th February 2021
