But while most of us won't die of being alone, many will experience, at some point, the dull, gnawing ache of it.

But it was a miscarriage Kahlo desperately wanted the baby she depicts - floating above her naked, bleeding body, umbilical cord attached - in the Detroit hospital where she lost the child in 1932.Loneliness, studies show, can be lethal. And there is one especially regrettable error, given both the nature of this book and the catastrophic fallout of the Dobbs decision: She calls Frida Kahlo’s wrenching “Henry Ford Hospital” a depiction of Kahlo’s abortion. One of the great vengeance paintings of all time, Elisabetta Sirani’s 1659 “Timoclea Kills the Captain of Alexander the Great,” portrays not just Timoclea of Thebes shoving a splay-legged man headlong down a well, but a woman killing her rapist.

And women’s paltry representation in most major museums and top-dollar international auctions is news to no one.īooks Our monsters, ourselves: Claire Dederer explains her sympathy for fans of the canceledĬlaire Dederer, author of ‘Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,’ explains why she went beyond bad men to probe our history with all artists who defy moral expectationsīut in her (generally effective) effort to condense, Hessel occasionally drops key plot points. A survey she conducted revealed that most young Britons couldn’t name even three women artists. Hessel was spurred to action in 2015 after attending an art fair featuring thousands of artworks - all by men. Hessel also extends the legacy of art historian Linda Nochlin, whose legendary 1971 ARTnews essay “ Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” diagnosed the problem Hessel seeks to redress.

Gombrich’s “The Story of Art,” whose first edition in 1950 excluded women and whose 16th (1995) had one among its 688 pages. If you haven’t encountered Katy Hessel, the feminist dynamo who’s on a mission to grant female artists their rightful place in history, now’s your moment.Ī British historian and journalist, Hessel hosts a popular podcast and Instagram account, both called “ The Great Women Artists.” Her new book, “ The Story of Art Without Men,” consolidates her research and claps back at the “bible” of art history, E.H. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.

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