Overlooked or dismissed for decades by the establishment, a 92-year-old artist is finally having a moment

In a new memoir and exhibit, Audrey Flack confronts the misogyny and antisemitism of the art world. An exhibit of new paintings by Audrey Flack coincides with publication of the 92-year-old artist’s new memoir, With Darkness Came Stars. The exhibit, “With Darkness Comes Stars,” at New York’s Hollis Taggert gallery, features 16 paintings from what Flack calls her new post-Pop Baroque series, painted in the last three years and combining iconography from Marvel comics, Disney, and Judeo-Christian imagery. The memoir is an indispensable companion to the exhibit, illuminating the meaning behind the creation of these works.

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