Each episode takes you on a tour of a single painting by a contemporary woman artist.
Portrait of My Mother, Part I
Florine Stettheimer tells her mother’s story using flattened shapes on a highly patterned background. It’s an homage and a modernist masterpiece from 1925.
Portrait of My Mother, Part II
A Little Taste Outside of Love
Mickalene Thomas’s collage-inspired nude redefines notions of female physical perfection in art.
You or Me
This 85-year-old woman is not happy, and I know exactly how she feels.
Northview 2000
This painting is so sexy, I don’t even want to talk about it. But I will—for you.
Intestine and Tassels
Keogh’s dimensionless painting is deceptively simple, full of layered meaning, and funny.