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Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," 1980, 89 1/2 x 36 1/4 in. Diazotype © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
"Re-Presentations of the Past: Through Francesca Woodman's Lens" by Ambar-Vasquez Mitra

We are pleased to share “Re-Presentations of the Past: Through Francesca Woodman’s Lens” by Ambar Vasquez-Mitra, who was our Research Intern this summer through the Studio Institute Arts Intern program.

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L to R: 1: Francesca Woodman, “Untitled,” 1980, Gelatin silver print, 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. | 2: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, “Apollo and Daphne,” 1622–1625, Galleria Borghese, Rome | 3: Francesca Woodman, “Untitled,” 1980, Gelatin silver print, 3 15/16 x 4 in. | 4: Francesca Woodman, “Untitled,” 1980, Gelatin silver print, 10 5/8 x 13 1/2 in. | - 5: Alexander Pope’s sketch of the shield of Achilles. MS 4808 © The British Library | 6: Cy Twombly, “Fifty Days at Iliam: Shield of Achilles,” 1978 © Cy Twombly Foundation | 7: Cover of Parentheses of Reception. All Francesca Woodman artworks © Woodman Family Foundation / BILDKUNST, Bonn
Francesca Woodman, “Untitled,” 1980, Gelatin silver print, 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (11.43 x 11.43 cm) © Woodman Family Foundation / BILDKUNST, Bonn
Brooke Holmes on Francesca Woodman in "Parentheses of Reception," 2025

Published in May 2025, the anthology "Parentheses of Reception" explores how the parenthesis, a rhetorical figure of speech and thought, can offer fresh insights into classical reception studies by conceptualizing Greco-Roman antiquity as being both “inserted into” and “remaining apart” from the present.

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Betty Woodman. "Wall Vase," c. 1980s, approx. 25 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 7 in. Glazed earthenware © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
"Betty Woodman: Images of Function” by Layaan Roufai

We are pleased to share “Betty Woodman: Images of Function” by Layaan Roufai, who was our Library & Archives intern this summer through the Studio Institute Arts Intern program.

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Francesca Woodman. “Untitled," c. 1975-78. 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
“The Lady of the Glove: Francesca Woodman and Surrealism" by Celia Bùi Lê

We are pleased to share “The Lady of the Glove: Francesca Woodman and Surrealism” by Celia Bùi Lê, who was our research intern in Summer 2021 through the Studio Institute. In her essay, Lê traces the history of Surrealism as related to women, both as maker and as muse, and discusses Woodman’s use of its tropes as a type of creative empowerment.

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