In Cleveland, a special exhibition of Eleanor Antin's "The Nurse and the Hijackers" (1977) will be on view at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Opening Tuesday, September 9, 2025, the feature-length narrative film will screen in the video project room through Sunday, January 11, 2026.
"In this video, Eleanor Antin draws on the form of popular disaster movies to explore history, contemporary culture, and identity from a feminist perspective. The narrative—a hijacking of a nurse’s plane on its way to Saint-Tropez, France—is enacted by paper dolls, whose voices and gestures are performed by the artist. This unfolds aboard a handcrafted set also made by the artist. Using recognizable styles from film and television of the time, Antin’s feature-length narrative invites viewers to consider the ways that contemporary international politics are represented in the media."
Read more about the exhibition here.
