“Ctrl + Alt + Secrete”, 2022, Golden Chain
“This bridge called my back”, 2017, performance, Art Gallery of Ontario
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Petra Collins wants the Museum of Modern Art to see women differently. “We basically want to put bodies in the museum that haven’t be represented before in that space, in that context,” she said. On Saturday night at MoMA’s PopRally, Collins, along with her collaborator, Madelyne Beckles, will present “In Search Of Us,” a series of live, three-hour…
Canadian Art
In the Studio with Madelyne Beckles. Beckles takes the solemnity of second-wave feminist theory and redeploys it to poke fun at art history and popular culture…
C Magazine
Healthy, Complicated Relationships: An Interview with Madelyne Beckles…
Artnet News
When it comes to performance art, context is everything. Up-and-comers Madelyne Beckles and Petra Collins are well aware of this, and they leveraged their knowledge with masterful effect at last week’s swanky Art Production Fund gala…
i-D Magazine
Petra Collins and Madelyne Beckles are holding a funeral in a Miami hotel room tonight, during Art Basel. Over the course of a three-hour happening, they will lay to rest the "fuck boi" with a show of images and artworks by Petra (feat. Barbie Ferreira, Mayan Toledano and Julia Baylis) and an online-and-IRL performance by Madelyne and Alexandra Marzella…
In 1992, feminist artist Lorraine O'Grady published what many have called the first-ever article of cultural criticism on the black female body. "She is jezebel and mammy, prostitute and female eunuch, the two in one," O'Grady wrote in the seminal essay Olympia's Maid: Reclaiming Black Female Subjectivity. Petra Collins and Madelyne Beckles — two friends, collaborators, and contemporary artists challenging the representational dichotomy that still plagues women's bodies today — were born the same year the essay was published…
Radio CKUT
In the Weeds with Madelyne Beckles. In the spirit of the season, we talk to visual artist and nutritionist Madelyne Beckles about health and well-being…
CBC
'Feminism is the new black!' Why one artist pokes fun at feminist theory and performative activism. Madelyne Beckles's work is a fascinating look at feminism in the age of #MeToo…
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Instagram takeover detailing how to meal prep for a week and an Instagram live conversation about sharing tips and tricks for holiday hosting.
Golden Chain - Ctrl + Alt + Secrete
Recipe development for a holistic manual for the endocrine system complete with kundalini and katonah yoga practices, naturopathic insights, journal prompts and targeted recipes to support each gland.
