2012 Sackler Center First Awards: Linda Nochlin
Channel: Brooklyn Museum
Date: 14/11/2012

Linda Nochlin, a leader of the first generation of feminist art historians, is best known for her groundbreaking 1971 essay "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" She is the Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts.

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, fifteen extraordinary women who are first in their fields were honored with Sackler Center First Awards. The event commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the first center within an art museum to be devoted to the exhibition and study of feminist art. The event was presented by Elizabeth A. Sackler and Gloria Steinem and hosted by Soledad O'Brien and Laura Flanders. The award was designed by Judy Chicago. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.