In Brief
Hot on the heels of a $1.5 billion art auction week, a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe broke the record for the most expensive work by a female artist sold at auction this morning.
Art
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Here, where graffiti is classified as a violation rather than a crime, street artists do not have to hide. Bright murals, often uncompromisingly political, cover public walls, as well as those of home and business owners who, understanding the value (cultural and financial), allow
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Here's your daily dose of gender gap reality: although more women seem to be going into architecture, parity between the sexes remains far off in the field.
Performance
PORTLAND, Oregon — "Macho doesn't prove mucho," socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor once punned.
Interview
I've been thinking a lot recently about counting. Counting can feel lonely sometimes, like you against the world, so I'm always grateful when I encounter other people doing the same. Like artist Micol Hebron.
News
Though incremental improvements have been made in recent decades, women remain substantially underrepresented at museums in North America, according to a new report commissioned by the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD).
Art
French artist Prune Nourry is exploring this issue of gender selection in China by riffing off of one of its most iconic heritage sites: the Terracotta Warriors.
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Let me introduce you to a few of the many selves of Eleanor Antin, as they are represented in the show Multiple Occupancy: Eleanor Antin’s “Selves,” currently on view at the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University.
News
Was the majority of prehistoric cave art in southwestern Europe done by women? That's the theory put forth in a study conducted by archeologist Dean Snow, and it's a welcome challenge to the long-held assumption that our ancient artist predecessors were mostly men.
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CHICAGO — Gender is a fun game to play — if you know the rules and are willing to break them accordingly. As I was working on a story about a queer art show here in Chicago, I found myself thinking about the show as a space for cruising, as if in a bathhouse. Conveniently, much of the art in this sh
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Of the 25 artists whose work is currently on view at Dia:Beacon, four of them are women. (And one of those women is half of a husband-and-wife team.) The open, spacious museum just up the river from New York City is beautiful, staid, and a bit, well, male. Even a fantastic three-room installation of
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LONDON — Who knew Max Klinger’s late 19th-century prints exploring that tempestuous schism dividing man and woman could be so evocative of Francisco Goya’s early 19th-century print series, Disasters of War? It's gender warfare, as seen through visual art.