From Women About Women

»All the works in Women Defining Women are by women artists, and all depicting images of women. Each, through her unique vision, is fashioning not only her own definition of self but is helping to redefine and empower women everywhere,« says curator and department head Linda Komaroff, summarizing the new special exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA). Beginning April 23, her department, Art of the Middle East, will present images of women from Islamic-influenced societies. Political developments and often rapid social changes are reflected in the approximately 75 works by the 42 women artists. The pieces in the group exhibition Women Defining Women in Contemporary Art of the Middle East and Beyond have roots from Africa to West, Central and South Asia.

Most of the exhibits are from LACMA's own collection, while some are new acquisitions that LACMA is showing for the very first time. One work Rania Matar commissioned especially for the exhibition depicts the actress Iman Vellani. She portrays Kamala Khan in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel. Until September 24, those interested can view the exhibition of women about women.