Nan Goldin (b 1953) is an American photographer and activist whose work explores LGBTQ+ subcultures, sexual intimacy, HIV/AIDS crisis, and the opioid epidemic. Now, a new documentary film, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras is set to release in the UK in January 2023. It…
PlanetHeroines23rd December 2022
Body Politics traces Carolee Schneemann's transgressive, interdisciplinary artistic expression over six decades.
Katherine Riley22nd December 2022
Penny Slinger’s ever-evolving oeuvre encompasses Surrealism, feminism, and eroticism (to name a few) through the mediums of collage, fashion, film, prose and poetry, and sculpture.
PlanetHeroines22nd December 2022
Carolee Schneemann (1939 – 2019) was an experimental visual artist known for her works on the body, sexuality, and gender.
Katherine Riley22nd December 2022
For those of us in the UK, today marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and according to the Met Office, that means a staggering nine hours more of darkness than we get for the summer solstice.
PlanetHeroines21st December 2022
“This small volume is a whole lot of fun! Having taken up mixology as my lockdown hobby, I take the contents very seriously (I shall be toasting the New Year with a Marlene Dietrich), but even if the cocktails aren’t for you, the bios and illustrations of 60 iconic women from Alison…
PlanetHeroines19th December 2022
Two historical pioneers of photography share the same birthday! Both Gerti Deutsch and Gisèle Freund were born on this day in 1908.
Del Barrett19th December 2022
