why there have been no great female artists

17 out of 100 artists, encompassing the modern and contemporary era, are female. In our most recent survey presenting The Ultimate Top 100 Modern & Contemporary Artists, we were very curious from the start to see how many – and who – of the female artists would enter this list. Fifty years later, let’s revisit Linda Nochlin’s question: Have there been great women artists? Museum? up to Barbara Kruger’s I Shop Therefore I Am. Without reciting everything that has been said during the 70s – and beyond – when it comes to feminism in art and the actual Feminist Art movement, encompassing iconic artists and artworks such as The Guerrilla Girls’ famous poster Do Women Need To Be Naked to Get into the Met. She argues the notion of artistic genius remained bound to the male sex, resulting in no truly ‘great’ women artists. Nochlin discussed the ubiquitous presence of institutional obstacles for women to succeed as artists. Her article was published during the strong rise of feminist activity in the art world and beyond. The iconic essay was praised internationally and highly for standing up and defending a feminist art history and theory, which would continue to influence the art world today. In 1970, the famous art historian Linda Nochlin finished writing what was about to be, arguably, the most crucial article of her career: “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” At the start of the following year, the essay featured in the publication Woman in Sexist Society: Studies in Power and Powerlessness before being revised – and slightly retitled – and published in the 1971 January issue of one of the most important contemporary art magazines in the world: ArtNews. Introduction: Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?

Why there have been no great female artists