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The '''Cooperativa Beato Angelico''' was an only-women exhibition space operating [[Rome]] from 1976-1978.
 
The '''Cooperativa Beato Angelico''' was an only-women exhibition space operating [[Rome]] from 1976-1978.
  
In 1976, Carla Accardi, LeoNilde Carabba, Franca Chiabra, Anna Maria Colucci, Nedda Guidi, Regina della Noce, Eva Menzio, Teresa Montemaggiori, Stephanie Oursler, Suzanne Santoro and Silvia Truppi founded the Cooperativa Beato Angelico. This was a space dedicated to women artists from the present and the past. Some of the founders were feminist activists from the ''Rivolta Femminile'' group, such as Carla Accardi, Anna Maria Colucci, Stephanie Oursler and Suzanne Santoro. Stephanie Oursler and Suzanne Santoro come from the United States and recently moved to Rome. Eight of the founders are artists and three are art critics.  
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In 1976, Carla Accardi, LeoNilde Carabba, Franca Chiabra, Anna Maria Colucci, Nedda Guidi, Regina della Noce, Eva Menzio, Teresa Montemaggiori, Stephanie Oursler, Suzanne Santoro and Silvia Truppi founded the Cooperativa Beato Angelico. This was a space dedicated to women artists from the present and the past. Some of the founders were feminist activists from the ''Rivolta Femminile'' group, such as Carla Accardi, Anna Maria Colucci, Stephanie Oursler and Suzanne Santoro. Stephanie Oursler and Suzanne Santoro come from the United States and recently moved to Rome. Most of them were artists whereas Eva Menzio was an art critic.
This was the only stable place for women artist in Italy and before is closing, in 1978, they organized 10 shows including artist from the past as Artemisia Gentileschi and Regina Bracchi.
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This was the first stable place for women artist in Italy and before is closing, in 1978, they organized 10 shows including artist from the past as Artemisia Gentileschi and Regina Bracchi.
  
 
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* Katia Almerini, Masters Thesis: "Arte e Femminismo in Italia negli anni Settanta. Il caso della Cooperativa Beato Angelico", Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, 2009 (Archivia, Rome).
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* Katia Almerini, Masters Thesis: "Arte e Femminismo in Italia negli anni Settanta. Il caso della Cooperativa Beato Angelico", Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, 2009.
 
* Katia Almerini, "Women’s Art Spaces: Two Mediterranean Case Studies" in "[https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781786940582 All-women art spaces in Europe in the long 1970s:, eds. Agata Jakubowska and Katy Deepwell, Liverpool University Press,] 2018, pp.189-208.  
 
* Katia Almerini, "Women’s Art Spaces: Two Mediterranean Case Studies" in "[https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781786940582 All-women art spaces in Europe in the long 1970s:, eds. Agata Jakubowska and Katy Deepwell, Liverpool University Press,] 2018, pp.189-208.  
 
* Maria Bremer, [https://www.academia.edu/44780408/ "From Woman to Woman. Exhibiting Genealogy – Carla Accardi’s ''Origine'', 1976"], ''Palinsesti'' 8, 2019.
 
* Maria Bremer, [https://www.academia.edu/44780408/ "From Woman to Woman. Exhibiting Genealogy – Carla Accardi’s ''Origine'', 1976"], ''Palinsesti'' 8, 2019.

Revision as of 15:48, 9 April 2025

The Cooperativa Beato Angelico was an only-women exhibition space operating Rome from 1976-1978.

In 1976, Carla Accardi, LeoNilde Carabba, Franca Chiabra, Anna Maria Colucci, Nedda Guidi, Regina della Noce, Eva Menzio, Teresa Montemaggiori, Stephanie Oursler, Suzanne Santoro and Silvia Truppi founded the Cooperativa Beato Angelico. This was a space dedicated to women artists from the present and the past. Some of the founders were feminist activists from the Rivolta Femminile group, such as Carla Accardi, Anna Maria Colucci, Stephanie Oursler and Suzanne Santoro. Stephanie Oursler and Suzanne Santoro come from the United States and recently moved to Rome. Most of them were artists whereas Eva Menzio was an art critic. This was the first stable place for women artist in Italy and before is closing, in 1978, they organized 10 shows including artist from the past as Artemisia Gentileschi and Regina Bracchi.

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