Venus Over Manhattan, New York

Conversations is an ongoing production from Venus Over Manhattan, where artists, writers, critics, academics, and familiars come together to talk about art. Each conversation is published as an audio recording made accessible the gallery’s website, and accompanied by a PDF that features a transcript of the conversation. Listen along at #ConversationsVOM.

On April 23rd, 2020, Judith Bernstein and Alison Gingeras spoke with Anna Furney about Bernstein’s career. They discuss her time at Yale in the 1960s, her first solo-exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery, and what it means to be a Feminist artist.

Judith Bernstein is an artist living and work in New York City. She joins the conversation from her loft on the Lower East Side, where she’s lived for more than 50 years.

Alison Gingeras is a curator and writer. She has held positions at numerous institutions including the Guggenheim Museum, the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou and the Palazzo Grassi. She joins the conversation from her home in Brooklyn.

Anna Christina Furney is partner at Venus Over Manhattan. She moderated this conversation