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The Underrepresentation Of Women In Art

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When looking at the numbers of past years it is very clear that women are underrepresented in the art scene and especially in prestigious galleries and art museums. As stated on the website of the National Museum of Women in the Arts 51% of the visual artists today are female but only 33% of the artists represented at the prestigious Venice art biennale were women. More shockingly according to the numbers women have to be naked to get into the famous Met museum in New York. 3% of the works were made by a woman but 76% of the nudes in the collection are female.
So why is this? Just misogyny1? Or are there other logical reasons?
German artist Georg Baselitz shared his point of view with Der Spiegel in a 2013 interview. He says that: ‘Women

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