AKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum is presenting She Said, She Said: Contemporary Women Artists, a dynamic new exhibition that runs in the Karl and Bertl Arnstein Galleries through Sunday, August 10.

Curated from the renowned Rubell Museum Collection, alongside select pieces from the Akron Art Museum’s own holdings, She Said, She Said celebrates the groundbreaking contributions of women artists across generations, cultures, and disciplines. The exhibition features an impressive lineup that includes Cindy Sherman, Solange Pessoa, Beverly Semmes, Cajsa von Zeipel, Yayoi Kusama, and the Guerrilla Girls, the exhibition showcases more than 30 artists working in painting, photography, sculpture, video, and installation.

“We’re proud to showcase She Said, She Said, an exhibition that underscores the continuing influence of women artists in shaping the future of the art world. This collaboration reinforces our commitment to bringing forward underrepresented perspectives and making bold, diverse art accessible to our community,” said Jon Fiume, John S. Knight Executive Director and CEO of the Akron Art Museum.

“We are thrilled to be partnering again with the Rubell Collection, after Keith Haring: Against All Odds, to offer our audience members access to a world-renowned collection of contemporary art,” said Chief Curator Jenny Gerow. “With She Said, She Said, we are not only able to have a new roster of fantastic works on view but able to place these works in conversation with the stellar collection of works by multigenerational female artists including the Yayoi Kusama, Guerilla Girls, and Cindy Sherman.”

The exhibition features over 37 artists, with artworks dating from the late 1960s to the present. Themes of self-representation, sexuality, autonomy, abstraction, cultural roles, and interventions into art history emerge through a range of mediums, including painting, photography, video, sculpture, textile, and large-scale installation. The exhibition highlights artwork that is expressive, celebratory, critical, and often intimate, creating a dynamic experience that shifts from room to room and artwork to artwork.

She Said, She Said includes some artworks with content that may not be suitable for all viewers, including nudity, sexual themes, and references to violence. Akron Art Museum staff members are available at the Museum’s front desk and throughout the galleries to answer any questions.