The New York Times has featured Louisville’s Speed Art Museum in a must-see guide that puts Kentucky’s oldest and biggest art museum in the mix with several esteemed institutions from across the United States.
The Times specifically highlighted the exhibition “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900-1939,” which uses art to examine the lives of women who flocked to Paris in the 20th century in search of freedom from the social constraints they faced in the U.S.
Paris became a mecca in that time for women yearning to fulfill their personal ambitions in creative fields including art, literature, design, publishing, music, fashion, journalism, theater and dance, according to a description of the exhibition. Through a collection of portraits and biographies, the exhibition encapsulates the lives and creativity of women during that period, exploring the influences they had on the city and its influence on them.
“Our ‘Brilliant Exiles’ exhibition is creating quite the buzz,” the Speed wrote in a caption on Instagram about the feature.
The exhibition runs until June 22.
The Times’ museum guide highlights exhibitions in museums from coast to coast and is part of the publication’s Museums special section contemplating how artists and institutions are navigating the changing creative landscape.
Contact reporter Killian Baarlaer at kbaarlaer@gannett.com or @bkillian72 on X.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky in New York Times guide
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