![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On the other hand, it has also provoked a major sense of déjà vu. Reilly’s effort has provoked major discussion. And that total seems to have been stuck more or less in place for some time. Things are a lot better than in the mid-80s, when the Guerrilla Girls formed to picket a Museum of Modern Art survey that contained just 13 women in a show of 169 artists. But they are still not great: of all artists represented by galleries in the United States today, just 30 percent are female, according to the stats from Micol Hebron‘s “Gallery Tally” project, cited by Reilly. What will it take to finally put an end to sexism in art?Ĭurrently this subject is back at center stage, thanks to the Maura Reilly guest-edited June issue of ARTnews which collates the dispiriting statistics, and elicits responses from art stars ranging from Cindy Sherman to Jamian Juliano-Villani. Guerrilla Girls, (from “Guerrilla Girls Talk Back”) (1985-90). ![]()
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