Ohh Feminists!

check this out:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/features/theres-never-been-a-great-woman-artist-860865.html

This article got me really thinking. It is really tough to take a side. It is obvious (and completely common knowledge) that women artists do face discrimination in the art market. The number of women exhibited in major museums in NYC is minimal when compared to their male counterparts. This is especially relevant when considering art pre 1900. However, are we to rewrite history according to a feminist agenda? That is the sticky issue. I cannot (and choose not to) come up with a definitive answer. This is a small article, but I think it lays out the ground work pretty well - I especially appreciate the use of facts and numbers.

The article ends with: "Mr Wirth, however, believes things could change. 'The problem has been that female artists have been historically excluded from museums,' he told The Art Newspaper. 'Now there are more female curators and a new generation of male curators rewriting art history.'" But what are the consequences of such rewriting? To what extent can art history be morally rewritten? Lots to think about . . . .