Self-Portrait by Yayoi Kusama
2008 / Acrylic on canvas / 89 1/2”x71 1/2” / Private collection
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Self-portrait staged for Flaunt Magazine by Kehinde Wiley
2011 / Cover photograph / Issue 114, Flaunt Magazine
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Self Portraits~August 28
Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features by Adrian Piper
1981 / Pencil on paper / 10”x8” / The Eileen Harris Norton Collection
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Self Portrait as a Heel by Jean-Michel Basquiat
1982–1982 / Acrylic and Oilstick on Canvas / 50”x40” / Private Collection
Self Portraits~August 21
Hand with Reflecting Sphere by M.C. Escher
1935 / Lithograph / Sheet 16 13/16”x12 1/2” / Various collections
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Self-Portrait: The Inn of the Dawn Horse by Leonora Carrington
c.1937–38 / Oil on canvas / 25 9/16”x32” / Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, The Met
Pride Month~ June 28
Alison Bechdel (Born 1960) Cartoonist, writer, and graphic memoirist
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/908/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Home
Patricia Cronin (Born 1963) New York based conceptual visual artist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Cronin
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-power-of-patricia-cronins-memorial-to-a-marriage
Pride Month~ June 20
Jasper Johns (Born 1930)
Iconic artist defined the period between Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/03/22/jasper-johns-flag-is-a-flag/
Watchman / 1967 / Lithograph / Sheet: 36 1/16”x24 3/16″
David Hockney (Born 1937)
British painter, printmaker, photographer, and designer
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/hockney-david-b-1937
Blue Interior and Two Still Lifes / 1965 / Acrylic on canvas / 57”x56 3/4”
Pride Month~ June 15
Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006)
German-born American photographer shot almost exclusively in black-and-white
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bernhard
Doll’s Head / 1936 / Photographic print / 7 11/16”x 9 9/16”(image)
Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987)
Writer, artist, and illustrator associated with the Harlem Renaissance
https://ubuntubiographyproject.com/2017/07/01/richard-bruce-nugent/
March 29~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Judy Chicago (Born 1939)
American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for large collaborative art installations
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/chicago-judy
Carrie Mae Weems (Born 1953)
African-American photographer, performance artist, activist, filmmaker, and videographer
http://carriemaeweems.net/bio.html
Untitled (Kitchen Table Series) / 1990 / Gelatin silver print / 27 1/4”x27”
March 26~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), British-born Mexican Surrealist painter, artist, and writer
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonora-Carrington
The Pomps of the Subsoil / 1947 / Oil on canvas / 23”x37”
Clara Ledesma (1924-1999)
Dominican-born artist and gallery owner created paintings, watercolors, and drawings
https://dominicancult.blogspot.com/2013/07/clara-ledesma-dominican-artist.html
Mujer y pájaro rojo (Woman with the red bird) / 1982 / Oil on canvas / 18”x24″
March 24~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
American painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet
https://www.dorotheatanning.org/dorothea-tanning
Musical Chairs / 1951 / Oil on canvas / 45 3/4”x35”
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010)
French-American artist best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art
http://www.theeastonfoundation.org/biography
Cell (Eyes and Mirrors) / 1989-93 / Steel, limestone and glass / approx.93”x83”x86”
March 23~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Lee Krasner (1908-1984), One of the first generation Abstract Expressionist painters
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/krasner-lee
Gold or Silver / 1954 / Oil and paper collage on Masonite / 48”x61 3/4”
Remedios Varo (1908-1963)
Spanish-Mexican painter known for her contributions to Surrealism and Symbolism
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Remedios-Varo
Modernidad (Modernity) / 1936 / Pencil, gouache and graphite on plywood / 31”x19”
The Misty Miss Christy 