Mysteries of the Iconographies

Artist Carolee Schneemann may be best-known for 'Interior Scroll', in which she read from a scroll she extracted from her vagina. But, at 70, her influence stretches far beyond that one famous performance piece. Kaite Welsh attended her recent lecture at the Tate Liverpool

Published: 4 October 2009 | Written by Kaite Welsh

Sexuality and sainthood

Cranach painted Venus to titillate Luther's contemporaries and chaste virgins aimed at keeping women in check, argues Itala Atteih

Published: 8 May 2008 | Written by Itala Attieh