Study shows women perform 50% lower at art auctions
Forty years of data reveal a significant price gap between the results achieved for male and female artists across global art auctions, a UTS study claims.
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Gender inequality in the visual arts has long been highlighted through the work of groups such as the USA’s Guerrilla Girls – founded in 1985 with the mission of highlighting the lack of women’s representation in the art world.
In Australia, artist Elvis Richardson has also led the charge, via the gender watchdog blog, CoUNTess: Women count in the art-world, which she founded in 2008. It has had a strong impact on local trends in galleries and art museums, however the secondary market is still significantly unbalanced.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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