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  • Women Artists Who Broke the Mold

    As March – Women’s History Month – comes to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on those women artists in the past who have paved the way for women artists today, challenging fiercely held stereotypes and creating great art. As part of an organization that is helping female artists to gain greater access to the…

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  • Pen and Brush arts group changes formula

    This month, Pen and Brush, a nonprofit that showcases work by female artists and writers, is celebrating its 120th anniversary by breaking with its past. The organization, which tries to further women’s careers by introducing their work to the public, gallery owners and curators, is changing its selection process as well as how and where…

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  • What Does It Mean to Be a Professional Artist?

    Artists and writers often face a major reality check when they leave the confines of academia. It can be a sobering experience to question whether you have the commitment it takes to pursue a career in the creative world. This time can be particularly tough on women, who, as it turns out, represent the majority of…

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  • Pen + Brush Changes its Space and Program

    Pen + Brush is an organization that has been dedicated to women in the arts since 1894.  They have recently acquired a new space in the Flatiron District that will be opening later this year, which also happens to be the 120th anniversary of the organization. With all of these great new changes, we thought we would check…

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  • Women: A Year in Review, From the Arts and Beyond

    The appointment of Marjorie Scardino as the first female board member of Twitter resonates on so many levels — sparking, for me, a year-end look-back at how women fared in 2013. At Pen and Brush, we obviously focus keenly on the status of women in the visual and literary arts. But art is almost always a reflection of the…

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  • From The Boardroom to the Gallery, Women Shut Out

    Nicholas D. Kristof wrote in his recent New York Times “Twitter, Women and Power”, that, on the eve of Twitter’s IPO, it has become abundantly clear that the organization’s board suffers from a huge gender imbalance. Not a single woman sits on Twitter’s board — an all too familiar trend, as Kristof points out, as women comprise…

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  • Women Are in the News

    Featured on page 7 of the fall season issue of Art of The Times.

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  • The Past and Present Reality of Inequality for Women Artists is Being Considered Around the World

    The past and present reality of inequality for women artists is being considered around the world: Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology, a groundbreaking book from 1982 offering a radical critique of Art History’s sexism, was re-issued this month with a new preface that questions how much has really changed for women artists over the…

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  • Facebook’s New Policy Erases the Ads, Not the Hate, Critics Say

    Facebook is changing its review process to protect brands from having their advertising placed next to violent, sexual, or otherwise objectionable content, but critics say that the policy does not go far enough to remove the content altogether. Starting Monday, Facebook will implement a new review policy for deciding which Pages and groups will be eligible to have advertising appear…

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  • Towards Gender Parity: Quality and Fairness in the Art Market

    In January of this year, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation staged a lively panel discussion on the enduring disenfranchisement of women in the art market, moderated by the foundation’s director, Quang Bao. In response to Bao’s essay accompanying the podcast of the panel here at artcritical, Janice Sands offers her perspective on gender parity as…

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