Book Panel | “Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years”

Join us for an evening celebrating the publication Anonymous Was A Woman: the First 25 Years at Rizzoli Bookstore.

Alexandra Schwartz, curator at the Museum of Art and Design and contributor to the catalog, will lead a panel of AWAW recipients, including Nancy Bowen (AWAW 2017), Jennifer Wen Ma (2019), and Saya Woolfalk (2023), followed by a signing.

Publication

Anonymous Was A Woman: The First 25 Years celebrates the transformative impact of women artists on contemporary art since the founding of the titular grant. In addition to new essays, the book offers a biographical description with selected artworks of each artist who received the Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) award from its founding in 1996 through 2020, a period in which the accomplishments of women have thoroughly transformed contemporary art. The book also includes contributions by coeditors Nancy Princenthal and Vesela Sretenović, along with essays by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Alexandra Schwartz, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Jenni Sorkin, and Gaby Collins-Fernández, and a roundtable discussion featuring founder Susan Unterberg. Co-published by the Grey Art Museum at NYU and Hirmer.

Visitor Access & Registration

The event is free and open to the public. First come, first-served seating will begin at 5:30 pm. While RSVPs are not required, they are very helpful for our planning. If you would like to come, please register here