4. Making Space: Woman Artists and Postwar Abstraction at the Museum of Modern Art

Foreground: Feliza Bursztyn’s “Untitled” from the series “Hysterics,” 1967. Background: “Untitled” by Atsuko Tanaka, 1956 at the MOMA.

Now through August 13, the Museum of Modern Art presents Making Space: Woman Artists and Postwar Abstraction, highlighting the female focus on abstract art following World War II. The exhibition’s collection spans from 1945 to the late 1960s, before the start of the Feminist Movement in 1968. Influenced by the trauma of the war, these artists experimented with fresh shapes and textures while also working with traditionally feminine conventions. Curated by Starr Figura and Sarah Hermanson Meister, the exhibition features more than 50 artists and pieces ranging from ceramics and sculptures to paintings and photographs.