Jenny Saville’s Propped was auctioned for $12.5 million. Photograph: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby'sAre men 10 times better at painting than women? You might think so if you listened to the German artist Georg Baselitz, who famously said in 2015 that “women don’t paint very well. It’s a fact. The market doesn’t lie”.
Of course, this is an unfair comparison. For most of human history, women were not allowed to practice art in the same way as men so there are inevitably fewer old mistresses than old masters. But even among living artists, Jeff Koons holds the record, at $91 million, while the female record held by Jenny Saville is just $12.5 million.
American painter Georgia O'Keeffe outside her art studio in New Mexico. Photograph: Tony Vaccaro/Getty Images Then she showed a sample of affluent men who visit galleries – the classic profile of an art collector – a painting created by AI, and randomly assigned it either a male or women artist’s name. If the collectors were told it was painted by a man they said they liked it more than if they were told it was painted by a woman. As she puts it: “The same artist, the same painting.”
You only have to look at EH Gombrich’s The Story of Art, still the best-selling art book in the world, assigned to art students everywhere. It mentions just one female artist in its 688 pages. Where is Artemisia Gentileschi? Or Frida Kahlo? Or O’Keeffe? And you only have to look at museum collections to see how disproportionately male they still are. Once an artist has been bought by a museum, the value of their work soars. The same happens if they are given a temporary show.
How much do non- binary artist’s paintings sell for.
Because they are better maybe !
I had posted an observation on this that might have been seen as critical of those who are not men and twitter immediately moved to limit my account and challenged me to prove myself. I'd say I've posted less than half-a-dozen times. This account will probably be deleted in hours
I mean female artists haven't exactly been supported historically, so its no great wonder that the male artists from history have put out better work
The 'art' world is a money laundry for wall street's nefarious activities.
Horny men make better art
Ah the mysteries of the market. Who knows what deep, unknowable forces drive these trends? I mean, apart from the centuries of patriarchy and misogyny.
So 'the market' reflects the general misogyny of the world. Misogyny in everything.
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