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The 31 Women is a research initiative and book focused on the artists and times of the 1943 Exhibition by 31 Women. At a time of global uncertainty, ongoing pandemic, and wars on so many continents, The 31 Women looks to an equally volatile historical period and to a group of women artists for grounding and inspiration. Brought together by the powerful force of Peggy Guggenheim, the artistic output of the 31 Women, their ideas and intellectual explorations alongside relationships to one another and their circles, constitutes not only a revolution in art and culture, but also reveals how their networks and diverse art-making were necessary for survival.
The 31 Women book centers on Peggy Guggenheim’s 1943 Exhibition by 31 Women at her Art of This Century gallery. It will unpack not only the personalities and art of the artists involved in the exhibition, but also their relationships to art history and modernism and their relevance to our own times .