Linda Nochlin asked Why are there no great women artists?" way back in 1971, and we're still asking why women are so under-represented in the art world today.
By Tate
There have always been women in the arts, just not in the history books—or even in our museums. Change is slow.
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By Dr. Heather Graham
Throughout Europe women’s relegation to the domestic sphere was rooted in Christian tradition that placed blame for humanity’s fall from grace upon Eve, the first woman.
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By Ben Pollitt
Being a female artist in Victorian England wasn’t easy. Osborn made it work, but does the painting’s protagonist?
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By Dr. Allison Young
Neshat’s series examines the complexities of women’s identities in the Middle East’s changing cultural landscape.
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