''n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal'' was a biannual
academic journal
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covering
feminist art criticism and the work of
women artists
The absence of women from the canon of Western culture, Western Art history, art has been a subject of inquiry and reconsideration since the early 1970s. Linda Nochlin's influential 1971 essay, "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?, Why ...
since the 1970s.
It was published by KT press and the
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
was
Katy Deepwell
Katy Deepwell is a feminist art critic and academic, based in London. She is the founder and editor of ''n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal'', published 1998-2017, in 40 volumes by KT press. She founded KT press as a feminist not-f ...
(London).
The print journal (printed as volumes) was established by Deepwell in 1998. Prior to this, ''n.paradoxa'' existed as an
online journal
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and d ...
(issues 1-21, ) which was established in 1996 and this parallel edition online ran until 2010 with entirely different content to the print journal.
Each volume of ''n.paradoxa'' focused on a particular theme and typically included articles devoted to
art theory and criticism from a
feminist
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...
perspective, as well as interviews with artists.
[ The website contained extensive online resources on feminism in the visual arts internationally, including reviews of exhibits, books, and websites.]documenta
''documenta'' is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.
The ''documenta'' was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultura ...
exhibition in Kassel
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. After 2011, volumes were simultaneously published in print and electronic format online.
The journal ceased publication in 2017.
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