The US organisation Save Venice has launched the project ‘Women Artists of Venice’, which aims to spotlight the under researched women artists of Venice. Relatively little is known about their lives in comparison to Venetian male painters, like Titian (1488/90-1576), Tintoretto (1518-1594) and Canaletto (1697-1768), who have traditionally dominated art historical scholarship.
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New study finds art world still marginalises female artists
Despite perceived signs of progress, a new study has found that only 2% of global art auction spending is on work by female artists. Continue reading
Australia to open its first commercial gallery dedicated to female artists
The Finkelstein Gallery, which will focus exclusively on the works of female artists, opens next week in Melbourne. Continue reading
Female artists still marginalised in UK collections as National Museum accepts “historical injustice”
New research highlights enormous under-representation of female artists in the National Museum of Wales, reflecting wider issues of gender equality across UK public museums.