Gavin Nolan ⁠ Triscopic, 2017 (Detail)⁠ Oil on canvas ⁠ ⁠ The figures and heroines of the 20th-century struggle for gender equality continue to shape conversations about feminism today. Painted in shades of gray, Gavin Nolan’s image of writer, activist, and life-long feminist Gloria Steinem illuminates both her legacy and her relevance today: the words she spoke in the 1970s still resonate in the fight against patriarchy. The artist depicts Steinem wearing pink and yellow-lensed glasses, and titles the portrait Triscopic, a scientific term used to describe an X-ray imaging system that produces beams from multiple directions. Steinem has been lauded as a feminist icon for decades; Nolan presents her as a visionary who has grasped—and grappled with—the complexity of gender politics and human rights throughout her lifetime. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ gavinjamesnolan⁠ gloriasteinem⁠ #21cMuseum⁠ #TheFutureisFemale⁠ #WomensHistoryMonth