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Instagram and other social media have long since taken over our inherent need to be seen and acknowledged by our surroundings. But this deliberate...
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The Origin of the World and the Female Gaze
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The Bold Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe
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Mary Cassatt’s Feminist Mural Which Has Gone Missing
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Keeping up with the Boys: Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler
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Lavett Ballard’s African American and Female Narratives
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