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Pioneer of Feminist Art: Valie Export Is Dead

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She was a pioneer of feminist actionism. She often used her naked body in her performances. Until the end, she fought for gender equality.The indignation of the audience in her action "Genital Panics" was huge. Valie Export walked into a cinema hall in Munich in 1969 with a trousers cut up at her step and presented her dense pubic hair. The Austrian wanted to show in a drastic way that women were often only portrayed as mere pleasure objects. He…

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In a press release released on Thursday, May 14, his foundation salutes "a remarkable artist [...] and an incredible human being." Waltraud Lehner had chosen his name as an artist to oppose patriarchal rules.

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Performance artist, filmmaker and feminist Valie Export, one of the best-known Austrian creators, died in Vienna this Thursday, just three days before she turned 86. “We regret the loss of an exceptional artist, an extraordinary personality and a special human being,” she said in a statement of the foundation that bears the name of the artist.

·Spain
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She was a pioneer of feminist actionism. In her performances, she often used her naked body. Until the last time, she fought for gender equality.

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She was a pioneer of feminist actionism. Now the influential Austrian artist Valie Export is dead.

·Berlin, Germany
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She united bodies and media into a feminist work and became one of the most influential artists of the post-war period. Now she died 85 years old.

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The well-known artist VALIE EXPORT died in Vienna on Thursday. In just a few days she would have grown 86 years old. VALIE EXPORT made headlines with her artworks and was considered one of Austria's most influential artists.The world-renowned media and performance artist, filmmaker and feminist theorist VALIE EXPORT died in Vienna on Thursday a few days before her 86th birthday.This was announced by the VALIE EXPORT Foundation opposite the APA.B…

·Vienna, Austria
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nachrichten.at broke the news in Linz, Austria on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
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