The Women House / Casa de Mulheres Project was conceived in 2024, by Brazilian visual artist Neyde Lantyer (based in the Netherlands) and Uruguayan architect, scholar and curator Alejandra Muñoz ((based in Brazil) as a space for imagining alternative futures within the arts. The initiative seeks to challenge the persistent marginalisation of women’s artistic contributions in the global art system by amplifying voices historically relegated to the periphery of dominant narratives. Grounded in an intersectional framework, the project affirms the creative, intellectual and political centrality of women within contemporary artistic production.

The inaugural exhibition, Casa de Mulheres 2024, was held at the Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia in Salvador, Brazil, and presented in conjunction with the seminar Female Protagonisms in Arts, Architecture & Design, organized in partnership with the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Bringing together 51 women artists and 29 women scholars, the initiative fostered a dynamic exchange between artistic practice, academic research and community engagement, marking the first step in consolidating the project as a collaborative, transnational platform. Casa de Mulheres 2024 was a tribute to Womanhouse (1972),the groundbreaking feminist project conceived by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro—by reaffirming women’s lived experiences as powerful artistic, political and social forces and by confronting the structural gender inequities that continue to shape the contemporary art landscape

.In 2025, the project expanded its reach to the Netherlands with Women House Amsterdam, presented at NDSM Fuse. Featuring 25 international artists working across installation, textile art, performance, video, painting, photography and sculpture, this edition deepened the project’s intersectional framework by examining the complex entanglements of gender, race, class, sexuality, age and migration within contemporary artistic production. By foregrounding women’s practices and lived experiences, the second edition engaged critically with the place of feminist art in the twenty-first century, bringing visibility to a wide range of artistic approaches and illuminating new dimensions of women’s creative and political imaginaries.

Across its editions, the Women House Project has consolidated itself as a platform for intersectional feminist debate, actively confronting the structural inequities that shape institutional recognition, curatorial representation and the art market. At the same time, it foregrounds the resilience, creativity and collective agency of women in the arts. Committed to community building, the initiative integrates Indigenous, decolonial, ecofeminist and anti-systemic perspectives, advancing social justice and contributing to the imagining of more inclusive and equitable artistic futures.

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