Yayoi Kusama

In celebration of the Phaidon publication Great (Women) Painters, the DMA, Phaidon, and Kering present Dr. Anna Katherine Brodbeck, Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the DMA, in conversation with four artists featured in the book, Jennifer Guidi, Tschabalala Self, Genesis Tramaine, and Lisa Yuskavage. Together they will discuss their practices and reflect on great women painters, artists, and mentors—past, present, and future.

Great (Women) Painters is a sumptuous survey of over 300 women painters and their work spanning almost five centuries. This groundbreaking book champions a more diverse history of art, showcasing both well-known women painters from history—Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning—and today's most exciting rising stars, including Tamara de Lempicka and Yayoi Kusama.