Articles
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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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‘Pen and Brush’: Female Artist Nonprofit Director Janice Sands Talks Women and Art
We love few things in this world more than supporting creative women — speaking of, have you checked out our Female Artist page lately? So our hearts really skipped a beat when we first heard of the non profit organization based in New York known as Pen and Brush. For the past 119 years, Pen and Brush has…
