“Women are 75% of art school graduates but only 34% of artists exhibited in our state museums and galleries.”
The Countess Report 2014
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Francesca Woodman, From Eel Series, Venice, Italy 1978, Gelatin silver estate print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm, © Charles Woodman, Courtesy Charles Woodman, and Victoria Miro, London/Venice
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What’s it like for a young woman artist trying to make her way in the artworld of today? Bella Chidlow is a recent art school graduate interning with the SHEILA Foundation. Here she talks about her experiences, her work and the central role of social media for young artists – viewed through the life and work of an artist who inspires her, American photographer Francesca Woodman.
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Cynthia Nolan: A Biography, M. E. McGuire, Melbourne Books, October 2016
VANGUARDIST OR VAMPIRE? Rethinking Cynthia Reed Nolan’s contribution to Australian culture
For too many years Cynthia Reed Nolan (1909-1976) was barely mention…
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The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, photo: R. Kennedy for Visit Philadelphia
LOVE NEVER DIES: The private collector’s passion and its impact on the public gallery
With the Cruthers Art Foundation transitioning from a private to a publ
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Pure Contemplation Without Knowledge 9 exhibition installation photograph, looking through Jane Braddock, Without words, 2017, scissors, nylon string, steel and wood, dimensions variable, photograph by Ron Nyisztor
FIERCE WOMEN IN PERTH
Pure contemplation without knowledge 9, exhibition installation phot
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Jenny Watson, Flower child 1992-93, oil on corduroy with found bowler hat. Collection of the artist. Photograph by Carl Warner
JENNY WATSON: LEGITIMISING THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE
Jenny Watson is a significant Australian artist who has spent much…
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Helen Grey-Smith, Forestry Dam, 1985, acrylic, 67 x 47 cm. Collection of Bankwest / Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Perth. Photograph by Simon Cowling. Courtesy Grey-Smith Estate.
BOOK REVIEW: HELEN GREY-SMITH
As part of the broad mission of promoting women’s art, the focus of t
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Gemma Weston (photo: Art Collector)
Michelle Nikou, No vacancy 2011, powder-coated ceramic, neon, Parker table, electrical components, dimensions variable, Cruthers Collection of Women's Art, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Courtesy the artist, photo Christian Capurro
LOVELY FACES BUT DANGEROUS IDEAS
Whilst known to art curators, academics and art professionals since th
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DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET
In the months and years ahead, we hope to inform, entertain, educate, shock,
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