WE DISSENT… will operate a timely reconsideration of the margins and theoretical frameworks of the women’s movement. The exhibition will present a large diversity of printed matters and artifacts (engravings, logo, posters, flyers, books, brochures, journals, T-shirts, buttons, etc.), created by women artists and designers, from the 1860s to today, at the intersection of feminism and social movements.

Stéphanie Jeanjean, adjunct assistant professor of art history in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Alexander Tochilovsky, curator of the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, co-curated the exhibition.

The exhibition includes work by and from Sisters of the Black Panthers Party, Dyke Action Machine! (DAM!), Jane Dickson, Alice Donlevy, The Feminists, The Feminist Press, fierce pussy, Firebrand, Guerrilla Girls, Heresies, Jenny Holzer, Interference Archive, The Lesbian Herstory Archives, Madame Binh Graphics Collective (MBGC), Ms. Magazine, Su Negrin, New York Radical Women, Redstockings, Red Women’s Detachment, Faith Ringgold, Salsa Soul Sisters, Third World Women’s Alliance, WIRE (Women’s International Resource Exchange), Women’s Action Coalition (WAC), and WITCH (Women International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell) among others.

Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 6:30pm – 9pm

Ongoing Exhibition: October 3 – December 2, 2018

Monday – Tuesday 3pm–7pm, Wednesday – Saturday 10am – 7pm

Sunday 12pm – 5pm

Closed November 21–25, 2018

Exhibition is free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets necessary. Groups also welcome. 

The exhibition is organized with the support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The George Campbell Exhibition Fund.