The sixth edition of the Every Woman Biennial opened at New York's Pen + Brush gallery, featuring hundreds of works by women and nonbinary artists in a densely hung, salon-style exhibition. The event, which began as a one-night pop-up in 2014, has grown into a major intergenerational showcase, mixing emerging artists with established names like Swoon and Mickalene Thomas, and includes performances and installations.
The biennial was founded as a direct, activist response to the art world's persistent gender imbalance, exemplified by the Whitney Biennial's historically low representation of women. It serves as a platform for discovery and a form of creative resistance, promoting artists within a system not designed for them and channeling collective frustration into a celebration of joy and defiance, underscoring the continued necessity for such focused initiatives.