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Political Upheaval · 2022

Roe v. Wade Overturned

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The Supreme Court's Dobbs decision eliminated a constitutional right for the first time in American history, making bodily autonomy the defining subject for a generation of artists. Within months, museums and galleries were programming explicitly in response, one of the fastest turnarounds from political event to curatorial agenda in recent memory.

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Rally at the Supreme Court on the day of the Dobbs decision, June 24, 2022. Photo: Frypie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Roe v. Wade Overturned (2022) · Ellsworth