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"There's never been a great woman artist."

Don’t read this unless you want to rip out your hair in frustration. Here are some gems:

“The art market is not sexist,” Mr Sewell said. “The likes of Bridget Riley and Louise Bourgeois are of the second and third rank. There has never been a first-rank woman artist.

“One would expect the art world to be more egalitarian. It was only in 2004 that a living woman, Marlene Dumas, broke through the $1m barrier.

The Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova, who died in 1962, holds the record for the most expensive female artist sold at auction, with her Les Fleurs selling for £5.5m at Christie’s in June. Yet this pales in comparison with the £43m made by Bacon’s Triptych, 1976 in May – the most expensive piece of contemporary art sold at auction.

Mr Wirth complained that, while even the best-known female artists sell for around £2m-3m, lesser male artists make more money at auction.

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  1. fauvetiger reblogged this from lizardwife and added:
    THANK YOU.
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  6. coleoptera-kinbote reblogged this from toomuchart and added:
    Hey Brian, can’t wait for your next cocksuckingly positive reveiw of the same old White Male Genius retrospective that’s...
  7. someyes reblogged this from toomuchart and added:
    I particularly enjoy this quote: “Only men are capable of aesthetic greatness. Women make up 50 per cent or more of...
  8. weeghetti reblogged this from toomuchart and added:
    “Only men are capable of aesthetic greatness. Women make up 50 per cent or more of classes at art school. Yet they fade...
  9. xo-skeleton reblogged this from toomuchart and added:
    None of this surprises me and I’m absolutely not offended by it. Complaining about male chauvinism and the denigration...
  10. icnelias-heartandscars reblogged this from toomuchart and added:
    Something to really think about.
  11. kerzeofsuburbia reblogged this from lizardwife and added:
    im feelin your response, hazel
  12. lizardwife reblogged this from toad-hollow and added:
    Unfortunately, this article seems to define the word “great” as “making a lot of money off of one’s work.” As well, the...
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  14. goldmouth reblogged this from toomuchart and added:
    has anyone in this article heard of artemisia gentileschi, frida kahlo, marina abramović, ana mendieta, margaret...
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