BETH STEIN WILL LECTURE ON THE ARTISTS FEATURED IN THE BOSTON MFA’S EXHIBIT “WOMEN TAKE THE FLOOR- SEPTEMBER 13, 2019–MAY 3, 2021”

“WOMEN TAKE THE FLOOR” CHALLENGES THE DOMINANT HISTORY OF 20TH-CENTURY AMERICAN ART BY FOCUSING ON THE OVERLOOKED AND UNDERREPRESENTED WORK AND STORIES OF WOMEN ARTISTS. THIS REINSTALLATION—OR “TAKEOVER”—OF LEVEL 3 OF THE ART OF THE AMERICAS WING ADVOCATES FOR DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND GENDER EQUITY IN MUSEUMS, THE ART WORLD, AND BEYOND. WITH MORE THAN 200 WORKS DRAWN PRIMARILY FROM THE MFA’S COLLECTION, THE EXHIBITION IS ORGANIZED INTO SEVEN THEMATIC GALLERIES. INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING CREATES A DYNAMIC SPACE THAT WELCOMES VISITOR PARTICIPATION, AND NEW ROTATIONS OF ARTWORK INTRODUCED OVER THE RUN OF THE EXHIBITION ENSURE THAT NEW VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES ARE AVAILABLE ON EACH RETURN VISIT.