Museum: Feminism And Ancient Egypt
Can contemporary feminism help us understand ancient Egypt? Absolutely, according to a new long-term collection exhibition opening at the Brooklyn Museum today, 15 December. “A Woman’s Afterlife: Gender Transformation in Ancient Egypt” (through 2018)—part of the museum’s exhibition cycle A Year of Yes, which celebrates the tenth anniversary of its Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art—answers “a long-term problem that puzzled Egyptologists before feminist ideas were presentâ€, says the show’s curator, Edward Bleiberg. More details.
