Patricia Hills
Art World Feminist
Published December 2025
Hard Ball Press
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Hills’s memoir unfolds of her experiences in the art world as a student, curator, university teacher, art
critic, combative feminist, and friend to some of the more controversial artists of the late 20th century. She
presents an insider’s view of the counterculture, the feminist movement, anti-racism, Left politics,
censorship, and the corporatization of museums. When the art establishment opposed her contrarian
views, Hills took a stand against privilege and patriarchy, racist attitudes, and gender bias.
Praise For Art World Feminist
Lucy R. Lippard, Author of Moving Targets: Feminist Essays on Women’s Art 1970-1993 – “This book is a lively mix of art and life, an intimate view of lived art history by a distinguished Americanist curator, professor, author, mother of three, and political activist…”
Frances K. Pohl, Author of Framing America: A Social History of American Art – “Art World Feminist is a must read for anyone interested in entering the interconnected worlds of museums and art history…”
Kymberly Pinder, Dean, Yale School of Art – “Hills deftly takes us through a life dedicated to art, her family, and social change…”
Caroline A. Jones, MIT – “Rich in anecdotes, Hills’ memoir tells the story of a bright, irrepressible female crafting a path through 1970s art museum jobs and cold war misogyny to become one of the leading historians of American art…”
Elizabeth Hutton Turner, co-author of Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle – “Jacob Lawrence once told me that you were the scholar he most trusted to tell his story…”