Why are there so few female artists?

Far and away JOY HESTER!!!!!!!

I have been collecting women artist paintings from the end of the 19th century through the middle of the 20th century for about 10 years. There were so many great artist that no one knows existed and their work is incredible. It is so good to see a video recognizing many of these forgotten women and hope a change can be made to bring recognition to their wonderful talent. Everything you have said about their lives is so true and I do hope that the institutions will consider including these wonderful paintings in their collections in the future to help right the gender bias from previous generations.

and if u say im sexist, that just explains that u are a toxic feminist

men are not forcing women from being artists, why do present day people depict men as evil

men are not evil because is womens month

Cry cry cry cry cry some more.

I am a man and also a sculptor/painter, and there are very few female artist that I can say are real artists. Käthe Kollwitz, and Mary Cassatt, are two that are extremely admirable as actual fine artists. The reason is NOT because men are being featured in the art world because of "it's a man's world" but because women "artists" , more often than not, have a perspective on life that does not translate well into art, and that holds true for men as well. HOWEVER, this does not mean women cannot be true artists, it has happened throughout art history, from the renaissance to present day, most people who say they are artists simply are NOT artists. If you can draw, paint, or sculpt, DOES NOT make you an artist. If you say, "I am expressing myself through this medium" I can almost certainly say you are not an artist. Making marks on paper, canvas, or clay has NOTHING to do with true art! I don't want to discourage anyone, male or female, from perusing the field of fine art, but have no doubts, that it is far more rigorous a pursuit, and has nothing to do with being a man or woman. This video is just another attempt of women to say " I am being ignored because of......( insert typical reasons) " An example of a current true fine artist is Cristina Córdova. Yayoi Kusama , in my opinion, is NOT a true fine artist.

Has nothing whatsoever to do with colour of skin whether there are black or yellow or pink white brown Artists, or not.
Has to do with the Era. The real work of men and women.
Even in 2023 a woman in her 30’s unless she remains childless- is hugely challenged to fulfil her creative
pursuits.
Unless she is financially secure & can Nanny off her children.
Women still rebel and get ruffled up when they are reminded, they bring the next generations into existence. And to do that justice she needs to give something up.
Frieda Kalo
hugely successful
With dark skin too, compromised by having an unusual living arrangement.
Women are as creative as - well - men, but they lack the singular focus and drive to
make it.

As a Man starving artist who is surrounded by female artist i find this hilarious... saying there's few female artist by comparing it with the 18 century........

Gotta ask--is it partly because there are fewer female artists submitting their artwork to galleries?

Until the contraceptive pill, women were getting pregnant fast and early. Each time a woman has a baby, there's ~1-2 years where the primary focus is the baby. Not their choice, not my choice, just nature. Prior to the 20th century, having a baby was a dangerous endeavor. Women were dying way earlier and it was not uncommon for a man to be widowed many times. Due to these factors, it was not worth the investment having women in higher education. Higher education was also for the upper class only where women did not need to work, they were guaranteed to marry rich. Lower class men and women, on the other hand, were put to work as soon as possible. A work that brings food on the table, aka, not painting. In short there are many reasons why there isn't more women artists. Unfortunately, the focus is on one reason, probably one of the least important on. Because it benefits some people politically. This approach to history is destructive, dishonest and a great disservice to both men and women.

Men also historically excelled at marble sculpting and other forms of stone sculpting also wood carving glass & clay molding because it is considered the heavy lifting of the art world

Men are fundamentally Great at Art. It's an evolutionary thing based on perfectionism which is why Men excel. Triggered ?

Because they only depict their solipsist and narcissistic point of view which no one ever asked and whenever its released we burnt it or throw it, listen and obey and stop pulling the same crap of love and sex and maternity its always the sme boring bs no one cares


God , wars and nature , nothin else, otherwise gtfo females cant be artistic

A lot of those female artist were held down as a result of the times they were living in but in general Men are more inventive and creative then women are. More men are Leaders where more women are Followers.. generally speaking

What is the source of the article about Francis Morris and the Tate Modern?

Make museums all over the world with only art from women and dedicate them to shine the light in past female artists.😍✌️💃🌺

Ana Mendieta, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, Mickalene Thomas, (They/Them) Zanele Muholi, Doris Salcedo.

Even this well presented reportage was lacking. Where were the women of color? Surely Yayoi Kusama cant be the only bipoc represented in this critique of Art History's biggest blunder.

This is a great video. As a pianist, I enjoy the background music too. Thank you for posting this

Remedies Varo really rocks!

Waaahhhh MUH PATRIARCHY AND MISOGYNY WAAAAAAHHHHHHH. Fk off

I don't think so, very many women who are inclined to art. Only they can hardly produce a body of work due to many tasks they pay attention especially when having a family.

We live in a male dominate egotistical world. That's why.

lol whatever you do you will not be as talented as men we are just born like this.

My favorite artist Is Stefania Russo

Kinda crazy that the ultra-liberal artistic circles in the third decade of the 21st century have a problem with diversity. Aren't they the ones that scream the loudest about those issues?

the recommendations in this comment section are on point

Total bs...I spent $7k on artwork, from Jan. till today...3 were female, one male!

Maybe on average women lack the same drive to create great art as men or perhaps on average women just aren't as good at painting or other art as men because of differences in the brain or temperament. The same question can be asked as to why all the great classical music composers are men but women excel at singing opera or playing classical music with instruments but not composition. I get tired of hearing the same old argument that the only reason women don't excel at a particular pursuit to the same degree as men is is because they are being oppressed.

you know why lol

Lili Boulanger, Sofia Gubaidulina.

Sadly, no representation of women artist from various culture backgrounds.

Question to male

While I appreciate discussions surrounding the lack of female representation in art, I’m disappointed to see the lack of recognition for BIPOC. I would have liked to see a point made on intersectionality, and the ways in which feminism (white-feminism) continue to suppress WOC in similar ways patriarchy exists.

Favorite Contemporary Female Artist: MW Collections

Who is the narrator here? It's another difficult aspect of women in art. Why isn't she acknowledged? How can I cite her?

frida kahlo

My favorite artist is Frida kahlo and Amrita Shergill

Elain de Kooning

The Big ! question is who is the largest number of collectors male or female ? and what are they collecting in terms of type, style, genre, era,Etc.... A third of my almost Twohunded artworks collected are female artists could it be the communication and view of the female artist artwork the type of art, not the female gender who painted it that separates them from the male artist collected? Humm ! I think the female artist could focus on a bigger female bais collector market to start and get the recognition they seem to need and want. Yes, Female artists have been wronged in the past by a greater degree of gender inequality. What about the other gender identifiers who may get even less recognition than females.

As told by nothing but white woman. What happens when you cross out "male" from the title of this video and replace it with "white". When is important art in the uk apparently all executed and curated by white people? You need to represent all ART. not just art by white people.

i dont care about big drawing companies and old art i just see male and female art on tik tok or maybe because all the people i add are boy and girls and many artists tiktok is all art either dance or poems or game people made up that is popular now

Eva Hesse was a complete genius, so daring and prolific. She makes me respond, asking questions in my state of wonder - isn't that what great art should do? I wish the Tate Modern would put on another exhibition of Hesse's work, like they did in 2003. It was wonderful, I didn't want to leave!

FEMINISM IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN COMMUNISM

Margaret D. H. Keane, one favorite😍🙌🏾

I don't want to be a sexist, but the reality is, especially in cartoon styles (cute art, infographics, children book, etc), that females are acceptable to draw in that style and males who likes it are considered sissy or childish. And this kind of artist can be easily found at instagram, many of them aren't full-time artists and many of them have earned their own money from the sales (they sell commisions and/or things like stickers, washi tapes, pins, etc)

In realism arts, indeed, females are less. But in cartoony arts, females are acceptable and encouraged to do so and have been a common skill and males are considered gay to get such skill. And this simple art skill is handy for science-related subjects (math is also), in which we must draw

If we want equality, or fairness, don't make this double standard: if female are praised for doing "male" things, and aren't considered sexual disorder, then why are males considered gay to do "female" things?