"The exhibition could easily have become a one-dimensional — and ahistorical — analysis colored by subjective 21st-century attitudes toward women, throwing out cliches such as “strong” or “empowering.” Instead, curators Ben van Beneden and Amy Orrock diligently examine how the artist’s relationships with women and the female figure, whether familial, romantic, commissioned, or simply through academic study, influenced his practice."

https://hyperallergic.com/864013/can-rubenesque-be-feminist/