**When "The Magnificent Seven" first appeared on screens in 1960, heroism was a man's domain. Today, women artists are redefining the art world with visionary force. Sebastian C. Strenger presents major female positions in contemporary art, among them Ingeborg Lüscher (*1936, CH), Elfie Semotan (*1941, AT), Xenia Hausner (*1951, AT), Valérie Favre (*1959, FR), Sandra Vásquez de la Horra (*1978, CHL), Liliane Tomasko (*1967, CH), Simone Haack (1978, GER), and Cristina Lucas (1973, ES). Their works question power structures, play with identity, or deconstruct dominant narratives. They work figuratively or abstractly, narratively or conceptually, politically or introspectively. These artists are transforming the art market and leading the new canon in international institutions by questioning existing structures and opening up new spaces for thought. The group exhibition "The Magnificent Seven," which opens during Gallery Weekend in Paris, will be held from May 23 to June 22, 2025, and will bring together eight major international contemporary positions. This is the very first exhibition in the new premises of the historic BASTIAN gallery, which came from Berlin, and moved to Paris after deciding to leave London due to Brexit and its repercussions on art and the art market. BASTIAN can look back on nearly forty years of success, notably with artists such as Joseph Beuys, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Anselm Kiefer, and Andy Warhol.