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1933 English Ladies Championship; the first time a woman had worn trousers during a major ladies’ championship. This caused much controversy at the time. Some feared that the wearing of trousers would lead to a slip in standards of etiquette, while with her dark blue clothing, white make-up and scarlet lipstick, one fellow female golfer and journalist likened her to an executioner.

“Now Be Here #2, NYC” (2016) (photo by Paola Kudacki, courtesy Kim Schoenstadt, Shinique Smith, and The Brooklyn Museum, New York) What do you wear to be photographed with hundreds of women artists? I wore my new earrings that say “Fuck the” on the right ear and “Patriarchy” on the left ear, along with comfy leggings, a tank, blazer, and pussy-bow. On the way there I wished I had put on my white gown with menstrual blood splotches, but then was happy I didn’t — it would’ve been rude to call that much attention to myself at a gathering of solidarity. A group of 600 female artists convened on Sunday morning, October 22, in the Beaux-Arts Court of The Brooklyn Museum for “ Now Be Here #2, NYC ,” which the organizers have called the largest group portrait of female and female-identifying artists in New York. The project was conceived by artist  Kim Schoenstadt , and was first put together in August, in Los Angeles at  Hauser Wirth & Schimmel gallery, which drew 7...

An exhibition in Turin, Italy next month will showcase pictures by 14 female war photojournalists The extraordinary pictures were taken in some of the worst war zones in the world, including Aleppo, Syria The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Camille Lepage, a French photojournalist who was killed during the conflict in the Central African Republic in 2014 The women recall being shot at, robbed, accused of spying and sexually harrassed Sprinting for her life as the Taliban sprayed bullets at her in open ground, Alison Baskerville had to rely on the covering fire of British soldiers to ensure she didn't die in Afghanistan. Caught in an ambush, she was forced to dive for cover, only pausing when coalition air support arrived to scare the enemy away. But Baskerville is not a soldier. She is one of a growing number of female photographers putting themselves on the front line of conflicts across the world, to capture at times what their male counterparts can'...