Cindy Heller Nemser was an American art historian and writer.
10 Facts About Cindy Nemser
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Cindy Nemser's articles covered contemporary realism, OP Art, body art, and other areas.
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Cindy Nemser was the first critic to write about the work of several artists, including Chuck Close, Vito Acconci and Gordon Matta-Clark.
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In 1972, Cindy Nemser was one of the founders of Women in the Arts, and was on the board of the collective which published the journal Woman and Art, along with Patricia Mainardi, Irene Peslikis, Irene Moss, Michele Wallace and Marjorie Kramer.
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In 1973, Cindy Nemser organized three panels on women in the arts for the artists' division of the College Art Association.
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Cindy Nemser worked with Diane Burko to make the festival a reality.
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In 1975 Cindy Nemser authored Art Talk: Conversations with 12 Women Artists, which included interviews with Barbara Hepworth, Sonia Delaunay, Louise Nevelson, Lee Krasner, Alice Neel, Grace Hartigan, Marisol, Eva Hesse, Lila Katzen, Eleanor Antin, Audrey Flack, and Nancy Grossman.
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Cindy Nemser published Ben Cunningham: A Life with Color in 1989 and the novel Eve's Delight in 1982.
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In 1977, Cindy Nemser became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, an American nonprofit publishing organization that works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media.
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Cindy Nemser was curator or co-curator of several exhibitions which celebrate female artists and feminist art:.