While there’s still a long way to go before gender equality is achieved in the visual arts, Dany Louise is cheered by some recent high-profile appointments. She talks to these women leaders about the issues.
When it was announced in January that Frances Morris was to be Tate Modern’s new director, much was made of this being the first time a woman had led the organisation. What difference would this make to the work shown in the gallery? Would it mean more opportunities for female artists? And along with other director appointments in the visual arts – Sarah Munro at Baltic, Kate Brindley at Arnolfini, Beth Bate at Dundee Contemporary Arts – was this proof that the traditionally male institutional bias of the UK’s top art galleries was on the wain?
Gender inequality has been a long-standing issue in the art world. In New York, the anonymous artist activists Guerilla Girls famously drew attention to it in 1985... Keep reading on a-n
When it was announced in January that Frances Morris was to be Tate Modern’s new director, much was made of this being the first time a woman had led the organisation. What difference would this make to the work shown in the gallery? Would it mean more opportunities for female artists? And along with other director appointments in the visual arts – Sarah Munro at Baltic, Kate Brindley at Arnolfini, Beth Bate at Dundee Contemporary Arts – was this proof that the traditionally male institutional bias of the UK’s top art galleries was on the wain?
Gender inequality has been a long-standing issue in the art world. In New York, the anonymous artist activists Guerilla Girls famously drew attention to it in 1985... Keep reading on a-n