Feminism. Art. Capitalism.

by Angela Dimitrakaki

Feminism in art is often portrayed as a success story, but how can that be possible when feminism itself has been shaped within an evolving capitalism where production and reproduction are in conflict? Posing this question enables a rethinking of feminism and art in terms of material and ideological determinations – one of relevance to a broader exploration of how emancipatory politics fare at the intersection of social reality and the art field under capitalist hegemony.



Feminism. Art. Capitalism. calls for a revolutionary rethinking of the feminist struggle and its relation to art. Championing Marxist feminism, the book explores the exploitation of enthusiasm in contemporary art as a field that promises a self-determined subject, the ideological capture of feminism, the impact of postmodernism, and the crucial notion of social reproduction. In addressing the contradictions of capitalist modernity, including its technological imaginary, this critique considers a present feminism when the need to oppose capital’s world-making, to which art both contributes and questions, is greater than ever.



Provocative and uncompromising, the book offers an indispensable guide for art history, criticism, theory, and practice—inviting readers to confront what claiming art and feminism as sites of resistance may actually entail.

Genres: Feminism, Art

320 pages, Paperback

Published November 20, 2025

Reviews

[Turtle Head]

What I understood of it was good. Is it fair to mark a book down because I was unable to keep up with it? I don't know. This rating reflects my personal reading experience, which involved a significant amount of frustration at the level of jargon, dense writing, what I perceived as disjointed arguments, and assumed prior knowledge. Art theory, art history, and analysis of culture and ideology are all areas of interest to me, but I find writing in the space to be either very basic and limited, or inaccessibly dense for the non-academic reader. Wah