Georgia, Julia, and the Token Woman
There is no denying that O'Keeffe was an extraordinarily ambitious professional. But it does not necessarily follow that the dearth of other successful women artists was the result of her competitiveness.
Georgia O’Keeffe: houseplant advice
Alongside the very elegant rocks at O'Keeffe's Abiquiu home, she cared for a collection of container plants, including geraniums and…
Georgia O’Keeffe: what I meant, what you saw
The young Georgia O'Keeffe, working relentlessly to find her voice as an artist, was ambivalent about viewer reception. She longed…
Georgia O’Keeffe: feminist forever
Right from the get-go, Georgia O'Keeffe resisted patriarchy. "I have always resented being told that there are things I cannot…
Homage to O’Keeffe
I have been meaning to share this video for a while... It's by a young photographer, Petra Collins, created to…
Happy Birthday, Georgia!
One of my favorite photographs of O'Keeffe, so majestic and rooted, like a tree. (She claimed to prefer trees to…
Georgia O’Keeffe, like a cat
As a journalist and historian, I bring a perhaps too-healthy skepticism to documentaries and memoirs about O'Keeffe. They suffer, most…
Before it was “O’Keeffe Country”
As a historian, I am always on the lookout for contemporary documentation, in order to understand what/how things meant in…
Making modernism
Three women, two continents. Artists who dwell in modernism -- abandoning sentiment for the acute eye. That eye turns toward…
O’Keeffe: seeing the world from uncanny angles
“O’Keeffe, Preston, Cossington Smith: Making Modernism.” The Art Gallery of New South Wales. Through October 2, 2017. The exhibit includes…