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Deep Dives: Don’t let this be easy

A grouping of chairs and tables sits in the middle of a gallery surrounding by several works of art.
Exhibition view of Don’t let this be easy, 2020–2021. Photo: Gene Pittman for Walker Art Center.

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Looking to connect with contemporary art from home? Join cultural scholar Gretchen Gasterland-Gustafsson for a virtual tour of the exhibition Don’t let this be easy. We will take a slow-art approach and focus on select pieces from the show. Take a deep dive into ways womxn artists in the Walker’s collection expanded definitions of art and boundaries of accepted aesthetics.

Featuring works from the 1970s to today, Don’t let this be easy is an institutional project taking the form of an exhibition, coupled with new scholarship and online publishing focused on women artists from the Walker’s collection. The initiative is presented in conjunction with the Feminist Art Coalition (FAC), a nationwide effort involving more than 100 museums committed to social justice and structural change.

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