Women are under-represented in our galleries. Eileen Cooper, the Royal Academy’s first female Keeper, argues that quotas are needed if we are to avoid future generations seeing 21st-century art as a male pursuit.
One of the Royal Academy of Arts’ most senior figures has called for a quota to ensure equality between the balance of male and female members. Eileen Cooper, the first woman to be appointed to the role of Keeper of the Royal Academy in 2011, also thinks that national collections should display more works by women artists.
“We have amazing artists emerging from art schools and the women and the men are as strong as each other,” she says in the summer edition of the RA magazine, but adds that the women subsequently tend to have less exposure and success. “Why are women’s voices not seen as being interesting?”
The Keeper, who is responsible for the RA’s art school, is elected from among the Royal Academicians. “I would have preferred not to get involved,” she says. “But the statistics are so ridiculously shocking... Keep reading on The Independent
One of the Royal Academy of Arts’ most senior figures has called for a quota to ensure equality between the balance of male and female members. Eileen Cooper, the first woman to be appointed to the role of Keeper of the Royal Academy in 2011, also thinks that national collections should display more works by women artists.
“We have amazing artists emerging from art schools and the women and the men are as strong as each other,” she says in the summer edition of the RA magazine, but adds that the women subsequently tend to have less exposure and success. “Why are women’s voices not seen as being interesting?”
The Keeper, who is responsible for the RA’s art school, is elected from among the Royal Academicians. “I would have preferred not to get involved,” she says. “But the statistics are so ridiculously shocking... Keep reading on The Independent