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Women Artists Are Catching Up, but Equality Will Still Take a While
An exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts features an array of artists sharing their views of an increasingly complex world.
When Will Women Artists Be Equal?
After decades of work, expectations for women artists to prioritize family — or male peers — remains the prevailing norm rather than the exception.
Esther Mahlangu: how the famous South African artist keeps her Ndebele culture alive
Mahlangu didn’t attend any formal schooling but her vibrant and distinctive artwork has earned her honorary doctorates and luminary status in contemporary African arts both locally and internationally.
Faith Ringgold Dies at 93
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media and later the written word. (Via NY Times)
A Heady Time of Change for Women Artists - The diary of Donna Dennis.
Donna Dennis’s Newly Published Diaries Provide A Rare Glimpse Into A Heady Time of Change for Women Artists
Making a living as an artist
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5 Gallerists on What It Means to Support Women Artists Today
Women gallerists from London to Lagos are creating networks of support to challenge a male-dominated art world.
For decades, women gallerists have worked with women artists to create networks of support, friendship, and research that seek to challenge the male-dominated environment of the art world. Today, they continue to maintain the urgency of this project in a myriad of different ways.
Five Major Museums Unveil Audio Guides Celebrating Lesser-Known Women Artists
The project—titled Museums Without Men—debuted in the U.S. and the U.K. during Women’s History Month. In honor of Women’s History Month, five museums in the United States and the United Kingdom are debuting curated audio guides dedicated to the work of women and gender nonconforming artists.
Paris’s famous art school removes all mention of #MeToo in new book
The renowned French art academy the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (Ensba), in Paris, is at the centre of a censorship row following claims that a section about #MeToo sexual harassment claims were removed from a book about the history of women at the institution.
Good Art Karma: Female Painters Who Connect With Their Passion And Deeper Meaning
Since the 1980s, when the art world was colonized by Wall Street bankers, misconceptions about the value of art have abounded. In spotlighting these artists, with the help of a curator who is making waves, I hope to bring public awareness to the fact that there is some wonderful art being created by enormously talented artists who are not part of the art world stratum catering to billionaires and driven by exorbitant gallery rents.
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
Take a look at the evolution of feminine beauty ideals throughout art history, from Nefertiti to Tamara De Lempicka.
Eileen Agar: Her Jewel-Like Paintings Stretched Surrealism
The British artist lived long and worked in numerous mediums, but is barely known in the United States.
The Power of Barbara Kruger’s Art, in Her Own Words
As her major exhibition THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU. opens at Serpentine, we draw on Kruger’s own quotes to explore her extraordinary life and legacy
Marginalized Artists are Front and Center at the 2024 Venice Biennale
Curator Adriano Pedrosa is putting the spotlight on Indigenous and queer artists as well as those from the Global South.
Art Deco Star Tamara de Lempicka Is Finally Getting Her First Major U.S. Retrospective
This fall, San Francisco's de Young Museum will spotlight the creative life and legacy of the trailblazing artist.
Spirits of Place: One Writer Reflects on Her Life, From Frida Kahlo's Mexico City to Jean-Michel Basquiat's Big Apple
After spending her childhood in Mexico under the influence of Frida Kahlo, Jennifer Clements considers how she carried the artist’s revolutionary spirit into the high-octane counter-culture of Eighties New York
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
There is evidence that works by Dutch women artists have been misattributed.
New Art Museum Exhibition Delves into ‘Feminist Futures’
A new exhibition at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art explores critical questions about artmaking, history, the future and feminist models of inquiry using works from the museum’s collection and UO faculty members.