Articles — Matrons & Mistresses

Unweavers of Lies

Unweavers of Lies

RamblingsEli GrayAugust 23, 2023

Chela Mitchell

Taking Dauntless Steps in the Art World

Director ProfileEli GrayNovember 17, 2021Rhea Khanna, Elizabeth Mathis Cheatham, Eli Cheatham, Chela Mitchell, Bony Ramirez, Celia Rako, Sasha Gordon, Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Chela Mitchell Gallery, Komuna House

Julia Haft-Candell

Monuments for the Overlooked

Artist ProfileEli GrayOctober 14, 2021Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Mathis Cheatham, Eli Cheatham, Julia Haft-Candell

A Burgeoning Force for Change

A Burgeoning Force for Change

Meet five young women reimagining the art world

ArtingEli GrayOctober 8, 2021Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Mathis Cheatham, Eli Cheatham McNairy, Rhea Khanna, Faith Ringgold, Alexandra Steinacker Clark, Alayo Akinkugbe, Kendra Walker, Mollie Barnes, Ashleigh Smith, Women in the Arts, Art Historian, Collaboration, Art Curator, Feminism

Montana

Montana

A Homecoming

RamblingsEli GraySeptember 28, 2021Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Mathis Cheatham, Eli Cheatham, Holly Andres, Montana, A Homecoming, June Glasson, Madeleine Bialke, Visions West Contemporary

World of Women

An Interview with the WoW Founders

Artist ProfileEli GraySeptember 16, 2021Mieke Marple, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Mathis Cheatham, Eli Cheatham, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, WoW, World of Women, NFT, NFT Collectibles, Yam Karkai, Raphaël Malavieille, Steven Van Zandt

Eli Mathis Cheatham

Eli Mathis Cheatham

The Artist Formerly Known as Lizzie

RamblingsEli GraySeptember 3, 2021Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Eli Cheatham McNairy, Matrons of the Arts, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons and Mistresses, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy

This is a Robbery

This is a Robbery

Isabella Stewart Gardner

RamblingsEli GrayAugust 19, 2021Matrons and Mistresses, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons of the Arts, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Eli Cheatham McNairy, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Rhea Khanna, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, John Singer Sargent, This is a Robbery

Jen Dwyer

The Arbitrary Assignment of Value

Elsa Schiaparelli

The Schiaparelli Silk Road

Artist ProfileEli GrayJuly 22, 2021Rhea Khanna, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons of the Arts, Matrons and Mistresses, Elsa Schiaparelli, Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, Picasso

Artist as Muse

Artist as Muse

Shifting the Structure

RamblingsEli GrayMay 28, 2021Mieke Marple, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Matrons and Mistresses, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons of the Arts, Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst

Shirin Neshat

Seeds of Change

Artist ProfileEli GrayMay 5, 2021Rhea Khanna, Shirin Neshat, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Matrons of the Arts, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons and Mistresses, Photography, Women of Allah

Rithika Merchant

Birth of a New World

Artist ProfileEli GrayApril 19, 2021Rithika Merchant, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons and Mistresses, Matrons of the Arts, Rhea Khanna, Tarq, Mumbai, Contemporary Art, Mumbai Art Gallery, Female Artist, Interview

W&Z and MTArt Agency

W&Z and MTArt Agency

A Collaboration of Great Minds

ArtingEli GrayApril 14, 2021Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Matrons of the Arts, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons and Mistresses, MTArt Agency, Walter & Zoniel, National Portrait Gallery, B Corporation, Out Arting, Arting

“Capital A” Art

“Capital A” Art

Unlearning the Art World’s Indoctrination

RamblingsEli GrayApril 9, 2021Mieke Marple, Matrons and Mistresses, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons of the Arts, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, SFMOMA, CODA, MOMA

Fede Galizia

A Pioneering Old Mistress

Artist ProfileEli GrayApril 1, 2021Fede Galizia, Kelly Cricchio, Matrons and Mistresses, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons of the Arts, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, Judith, Holofernes, Paolo Morigia, Borghese Gallery, Rome

Eunice Golden

Shifting the Gaze

Artist ProfileEli GrayMarch 4, 2021Eunice Golden, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Matrons of the Arts, Matrons and Mistresses, Matrons & Mistresses, Interview, SAPAR Contemporary Gallery, Feminism, Metamorphosis, Stasis

Rina Banerjee

Rina Banerjee

Sculptures and Role Models

RamblingsEli GrayFebruary 24, 2021Matrons and Mistresses, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons of the Arts, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Rina Banerjee, Sculpture, Female Artist, Female Writer, Rhea Khanna

Big Money

Big Money

For “Starving” Artists

RamblingsEli GrayFebruary 10, 2021Mieke Marple, Matrons and Mistresses, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons of the Arts, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Big Money, Artsy, WrkLst, Jenny Holzer, Tom Otterness, female, Female Artist, Female Writer

Learning the Art of Self-Portraiture

Learning the Art of Self-Portraiture

Through Adelaide Damoah

RamblingsEli GrayJanuary 27, 2021Matrons and Mistresses, Matrons & Mistresses, Matrons of the Arts, Rhea Khanna, See Spectacular, Adelaide Damoah, Self-Portrait, Lizzie Cheatham McNairy, Elizabeth Cheatham McNairy, Guest Writer