Format: Zoom seminar; 90-minute discussion amongst panelists with 30 minutes for audience Q&A

This seminar brings together colleagues in the subfield of Latin American and Latinx art history to engage in an informal conversation about issues related to the study of artists who identify as female and feminist methods in the study of art and visual culture. Since it emerged as a force amongst artists, critics, and art historians, feminism has been both a useful and contested tool. Its status continues to be questioned in the face of the need to address evolving concepts of gender identity and the persistence of white supremacy within art history. Questions that will be explored in this seminar include the following: 1) What are the current implications and uses of feminist methodologies for the study of Latin American art? 2) How do we analyze works by women-identified artists without limiting ourselves to gender issues? 3) What are the current challenges for feminisms in and around Latin American art? 

We aim to explore current research related to art historians’ incorporation of new, speculative feminisms into their practice accounting for gender fluidity and the concerns of the trans community. Additionally, we will discuss feminism’s account for intersectional concerns, such as race, class, and the environment, as well as feminist critiques of patriarchal structures of power. 

Participants: Dorota Biczel; Karen Cordero Reiman; Kency Cornejo, Vivian Crockett; Cecilia Fajardo-Hill; Ana María Franco; Geneviève Hyacinthe; Erin McCutcheon; Gina McDaniel Tarver; Mara Polgovsky Ezcurra. Convened by Harper Montgomery, Ana María Franco and Claudia Calirman.

As part of ASAP 12: Reciprocity