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What went on in London this week: Katy Hessel's book launch and Adwoa Aboah's bag launch

Plus Gabbriette brings Mexico City to London

Evening Standard

Drink tea, tidy up and take action! Can advice from artists really improve your life?

As three self-help books chock full of arty wisdom are released, an art critic tests whether they can improve a seemingly lost cause: him

The Guardian - UK

In brief: Small Bomb at Dimperley; The Revelation of Ireland 1995-2020; The Story of Art Without Men – review

A well-structured postwar romance; a fascinating Irish history; and saluting female artists painted into the margins

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New guide will encourage art lovers to find women artists at Tate Britain

Visitors will able to concentrate on female artists in the gallery

Evening Standard

Museums Without Men: audio guides to celebrate dozens of female artists

Project to run during Women’s History Month at institutions including Tate Britain and Met in New York

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Women artists are everywhere in 2024 but let's face it, it's about damn time

It's a great year of exhibitions but museums need to double down and beef up their collections with the work of female artists

Evening Standard

Searching high and low for unexpected art

Letters: Ian Skidmore responds to Katy Hessel’s article mentioning Boris Anrep’s mosaics at the National Gallery. Plus letters from Philip Rutnam and John Bailey

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on muses: a regressive romantic cliche

Editorial: Françoise Gilot, who died this week, emerged from Picasso’s shadow as a painter in her own right. Other female artists still await rediscovery

The Guardian - UK

The great Alice Neel: 'I wanted to paint as a woman, but not as the oppressive, power-mad world thought a woman should paint'

In 1971, the art critic Linda Nochlin transformed the art history debate by asking: “Why have there been no great women artists?”, a question with profound implications for rethinking the gendered operations of criticism, curation, history and the art market, which conspired to define “greatness”. The notion remains a problem.

The Conversation

On my radar: Katy Hessel’s cultural highlights

The art historian and broadcaster on the joys of Emma Corrin’s Orlando, and the exhibition that she has seen three times already

The Guardian - UK

Katy Hessel: gender disparity in art is still completely shocking

The art historian has just won Waterstones Book of the Year for The Story of Art without Men. She talks to Hattie Crisell

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Paint him out: Katy Hessel’s retelling of art history is Waterstones book of the year

Hessel’s ‘beautifully written corrective’ The Story of Art Without Men is awarded alongside author of the year winner Bonnie Garmus for her book Lessons in Chemistry

Wales Online

Book celebrating female artists wins Waterstones Book of the Year award

Katy Hessel's non-fiction publication The Story of Art Without Men has been described as a "feast for the eyes"

The Independent UK

Book celebrating female artists scoops Waterstones Book Of The Year title

The writer fought off competition from nine shortlisted titles who were vying for the accolade.

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Emily Beecham’s cultural highlights

The Pursuit of Love actor on her favourite tapas restaurant, a podcast about failed auditions and a revealing new history of female artists

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

Have you heard of Surrealist photographer Lee Miller? Or the highly political Dada photo-montagist Hannah Höch? 19th-century sculptor Edmonia Lewis achieved fame and recognition in her lifetime, as did 20th-century sculptor Barbara Hepworth, but none of these women artists have achieved “household name” status, akin to Dali or Duchamp or…

The Guardian - UK

The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel review – putting women back in the picture

This 500-year survey of art by women is an inspiring, beautifully written corrective

The Guardian - UK

Guardian launches new column by art historian and broadcaster Katy Hessel

The Guardian has today (Monday 18 July) launched The Great Women’s Art Bulletin – a new fortnightly column from art historian and broadcaster, Katy Hessel. In each instalment, Katy will write about an artwork by a woman that speaks to the current news agenda.

The Guardian - UK

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The Glass Animals hit took the slowest journey to the top spot ever recorded

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