Part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, this exhibition will reappraise the contribution of Latin American women artists and those of Latino and Chicano heritage in the United States to contemporary art.

In a way that no other exhibition has done previously, Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 will give visibility to the artistic practices of women artists working in Latin America and US-born women artists of Latino heritage between 1960 and 1985—a key period in Latin American history and in the development of contemporary art. Fifteen countries will be represented in the exhibition by more than one hundred artists, with 260 works in photography, video, and other experimental mediums. Among the women included are emblematic figures such as Lygia Clark, Ana Mendieta, and Marta Minujín alongside lesser-known names such as the Cuban-born abstract artist Zilia Sánchez, the Colombian sculptor Feliza Bursztyn, and the Brazilian video artist Leticia Parente. The artists featured in Radical Women have made extraordinary contributions to the field of contemporary art, but little scholarly attention has been devoted to situating their work within the social, cultural, and political contexts in which it was made. This groundbreaking exhibition will constitute the first genealogy of feminist and radical art practices in Latin America and their influence internationally, thereby addressing an art historical vacuum. Radical Women will also include a national tour and a scholarly publication.

 Press Release and Artist List: Hammer Museum Presents Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960‐1985, September 28, 2016

Exhibition Tour Schedule

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles: September 15–December 31, 2017
Brooklyn Museum, New York: April 13–July 22, 2018
Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo: August 18–November 19, 2018 

Spanish-language tours

Email [email protected] if you would like to schedule a Spanish-language tour.

45-minute tours of selected works in Radical Women: Latin American Art 1960-1985 are facilitated by Hammer educators in English and Spanish and take place every Saturday at 1 p.m.

30-minute talks about connections and comparisons between two works of art are led by Hammer educators in English and Spanish and take place every Sunday at 3:30 p.m.

Google Arts & Culture

See more images in our Google Arts & Culture slideshow about the exhibition.

Artist List

Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985 is organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, an initiative of the Getty with arts institutions across Southern California. The exhibition is guest curated by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Andrea Giunta with Marcela Guerrero former curatorial fellow, in collaboration with Connie Butler, chief curator, Hammer Museum.

Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985 is made possible through lead grants from the Getty Foundation.

Major funding is provided by the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation and Eugenio López Alonso. Generous support is provided by the Vera R. Campbell Foundation, Marcy Carsey, Betty and Brack Duker, Susan Bay Nimoy, and Visionary Women.

Additional support is provided by the Radical Women Leadership Committee and the Friends of Radical Women.

Radical Women Public Engagement programs are supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. 

Media sponsorship is provided by Cultured magazine, KCET, and KCRW 89.9 FM.

Exhibition design by Sebastian Clough.

RADICAL WOMEN LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE       

Susan Bay Nimoy, Chair

Betty Duker
Catherine Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
Estrellita and Daniel Brodsky
Richard Buckley and Tom Ford
Vera R. Campbell
Marcy Carsey
Beth Rudin DeWoody and Firooz Zahedi
Manuela Herzer
Nancy Lainer
Mihail Lari and Scott Murray "In Honor of Our Mothers, Jacklyn E. Murray and Yasmeen Lari”
Agnes and Edward Lee
Leslie and William McMorrow
Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell
Brenda Potter
Mark Sandelson
Jennifer Simchowitz
Visionary Women