Bev Grant »
Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968–72
Exhibition: 18 Sep – 1 Dec 2024
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive | Evanston
IL 60208 Chicago
+1 847-491.4000
block-museum@northwestern.edu
www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu
Tue, Sat-Sun 10-17; Wed-Fri 10-20
During a pivotal period in American public life, Bev Grant participated in and photographed radical political movements in and around New York City. Between 1968 and 1972 she documented the formation of the women’s movement, the Black Panthers, and protests against the Vietnam War. Featuring seventeen photographs by Bev Grant that were recently acquired by The Block, the exhibition tells stories of civil rights and social justice movements in the United States. Revolutionary calls are contextualized with ephemera—posters, pins, newspapers from the collections of the Northwestern University Libraries—as well as works by Chicago artists Peggy Lipschutz, Pearl Hirshfield, and the Women’s Graphic Collective, underscoring the intersectional commitment of radical feminist practices.