In the Now unites nearly fifty women artists born or based in Europe who are resisting traditional ideas of gender and nationality, as well as of photography itself, interrogating the continent’s legacies of nationalism and patriarchal power structures.

Co-organized by the Brooklyn Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and curated by Drew Sawyer (now Curator of Photography at Whitney Museum), Britt Savelsen (Curator and Head, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department and Prints and Drawings Department, LACMA), and Eve Schillo (Associate Curator, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA). Brooklyn’s presentation is organized by Carmen Hermo with Imani Williford (Curatorial Assistant, Photography, Fashion, and Material Culture, Brooklyn Museum).

Artists: Hélène Amouzou, Liz Johnson Artur, Yto Barrada, Uta Barth, Vanessa Beecroft, Carolle Bénitah, Kim Boske, Nadja Bournonville, Elina Brotherus, Carmen Calvo, Julie Cockburn, Alexandra Croitoru, Natalie Czech, Anna Ferrer, Jitka Hanzlova, Marlene Haring, Caroline Heider, Sabine Hornig, Iris Hutegger, Ulla jokisalo, Sarah Jones, Sanna Kannisto, Eva Koťátková, Milja Laurila, Ulrike Lienbacher, Vera Lutter, Melanie Manchot, Sarah Pickering, Barbara Probst, Josephine Pryde, Anna Rackard, Boo Ritson, Silvia Rosi, Eva Schlegel, Shirana Shahbazi, Elisa Sighicelli, Heidi Specker, Hannah Starkey, Annelies Strba, Sigrid Viir, Cecile Wick, Jane and Louise Wilson, Catherine Yass, and Bettina von Zwehl.