Frida Kahlo

Clothing, or lack thereof, has long been a topic of exploration in feminist art communities. In 1989, the Guerilla Girls famously observed that less than 5 percent of the artists in the Modern art sections of New York's Metroplitan Museum of Art are women, but 85 percent of the nudes are female. In 1964, Yoko Ono performed her now-legendary "Cut Piece," wherein audience members removed pieces of clothing from her body with a knife until she was publicly bare.

Indeed, clothing and our gendered relationship to it continues to be a site of analysis, performance, and resistance for feminist artists. How appropriate, then, that a new exhibition in Mexico City showcases the wardrobe of one of the art world's most beloved feminist icons. Las Apariencias Engañan (Appearances Can be Deceiving) features more than 300 pieces from Frida Kahlo's personal collection of dresses, costumes, medical paraphernalia, and accessories.

Not only is this guest blog about exploring who has made a contribution to feminist art, which movements embrace women and which galleries support it, but also how we all encountered (and continue to encounter) it. When did you first see an artwork that portrayed women in a positive light? What are your must-see images? How would you introduce the topic to someone who only thinks of the "great artists" as men? Let's talk.