New Republic

The Problem of Art Without Men

In 1917, the Metropolitan Museum of Art received a stunning gift: a portrait by the French Neoclassical master Jacques-Louis David. The 1801 painting, titled Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d’Ognes ...
Los Angeles Times

Art history — minus the men — in a zingy new revisionist compendium

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. Hessel was spurred to action in 2015 after ...
The Conversation

‘No woman could paint’: The Story of Art Without Men corrects nearly 600 years of male-focused art criticism

Edwina Preston has received funding for her own creative work from Australia Council for the Arts and Creative Victoria. She is the recipient of a Research Training Scholarship and Dean's Excellence ...
The New York Times

A New Survey Erases Male Artists From the Western Canon

Katy Hessel’s “The Story of Art Without Men” is a compendium of female artists from the 1500s to today. The Belgian painter Caterina van Hemessen’s “Self-Portrait,” 1548.Credit...Caterina van Hemessen ...
PBS

Art historian brings attention to overlooked women in ‘The Story of Art Without Men’

How many women artists can you name? That was a question Katy Hessel, then a 21-year-old art history major, asked herself. The results were disappointing. And so she set about learning and teaching ...