"I consider the usual aids to self-definition - sex, age, talent, time, and space – as tyrannical limitations upon my freedom of choice."' -- Eleanor Antin, 1974
Eleanor Antin is a key figure emerging from the Conceptual art movements of the 1970s. Today, she is one of the world's leading Feminist artists. Her ground-breaking practice spans five decades and has covered themes surrounding identity, gender, autobiography, class and social structures. Antin's multi-disciplinary approach includes installation, painting, drawing, writing, film, and most notably photography and performance.
Over the last fifty-five years Antin has performed and exhibited her work nationally and internationally. A major European retrospective, curated by Bettina Steinbrügge, opened at MUDAM, The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg (September 26, 2025 - February 8, 2026); and has traveled to the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein (March 26 - September 26, 2026) in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. It opens at MOCAK in Krakow, Poland in December, 2026.
Eleanor Antin has worked with Diane Rosenstein Gallery since 2014, and has presented three solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows and art fairs with the gallery.