Maria Grazia Chiuri Instagram – In occasion of the @Dior Fall Winter 2024 show held at the @BrooklynMuseum, Suzanne Santoro has presented a site specific installation titled “I Thought Art Was for Women”, the readaptation of an artwork first seen in Rome in 1976. This work is a slideshow of photographs taken by the artist during her early years in Rome. It is connected to the research she began in the late 1960s on the origins of Western painting and sculpture through a series of images ranging from stains on Rome’s walls to classical Roman sculptures, understood as traces and evidence of the passage of time. Santoro’s research is an attempt to trace the archaic origin of images and interpretations of the female figure in order to provide a new perspective. The second installation features a series of recent drawings and Black Mirrors taken from the artist’s collection. I am very happy to give guests and museum visitors the opportunity to view the artist’s works in real life at the entrance of the showspace. Images from “I Thought Art Was for Women”, 1976-2024, video projection, variable dimension. Courtesy Suzanne Santoro