Activism Through Art: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova On the Legacy of Judy Chicago
about 13 months ago (12/01/2023)
Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova On the Legacy of Judy Chicago | Observer Nadya Tolokonnikova puts it plainly when I ask her what Judy Chicago means to her: “Judy is the Godmother of feminist art.” Judy Chicago, 2023. Photo: Donald Woodman, © Donald Woodman/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York I’m on a Zoom call with Tolokonnikova, the activist who founded the Russian dissident art collective Pussy Riot—and was recently arrested by Russia in absentia . Today, she’s mulling over the importance of one of the most towering figures in activism, art and the concept of feminism itself.