Female artists
Gender parity in commercial galleries lags behind public sector in UK, report finds
Opinion that female artists make poorer investments has a lasting impact on the legacy of women, according to the research from Freelands Foundation
JAM, the historic gallery supporting contemporary African American artists, gets another bite of the cherry
MoMA will hold a museum exhibition dedicated to JAM in 2022
Top five acquisitions of the month
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Van Dyck’s portrait of a princess bride to a rare painting by a Brazilian Modernist
Fair share: parity for Asia’s female artists gains ground at Art Basel in Hong Kong
While men still dominate the local market, there are signs of progress towards equality in Hong Kong this week
Galleries are focusing on female artists to tackle the industry's gender divide
Dealers are attempting to redress the balance as report shows that women continue to be underrepresented
Kimbell Art Museum fêtes International Women's Day with Anne Vallayer-Coster acquisition
Still Life With Mackerel demonstrates the French 18th-century artist's virtuosity in the genre
Sotheby's puts female artists first in contemporary sale, but men still end up on top
Jenny Saville's Juncture sells for £5.4m and records set for Rebecca Warren and Nigerian artist Toyin Ojih Odutola, but Jean-Michel Basquiat still leads prices
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From female artists who made their mark on New York to designs for cities of the future
Object lessons: works by female artists, from 17th-century Hyperrealism to an Art Nouveau watercolour
Our pick of the highlights from January's auctions and fairs
Gallery representation dwindles for 'established' female artists, new research finds
But while dead men dominate the market in the UK and US, it is women who top auction prices for African art
Gender reassignment: how dealers tried to attribute female Old Master paintings as work by men
On The Art Newspaper podcast, we find out about the scandalous faking of signatures helped keep a female painter out of the spotlight
Sisters are painting it for themselves: meet the female Old Masters finding prominence at last
We speak to curators Letizia Treves and Jordana Pomeroy about the growing trend to bring historical female artists to the fore. Plus, Kate MacGarry tells us about participating in Condo London. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Female artists emerge from shadow cast by Berlin Wall
Exhibition at Dresden's Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau reveals how women in the Eastern Bloc were often more radical than the men
Feminisms, gender, resistance: three curators choose their favourite works from politically charged show
Group exhibition at UK's Nottingham Contemporary looks at activist movements across the world from the late 19th century to the present day
Surreal ideas about sex: how Dorothea Tanning and Leonor Fini resisted being pigeonholed by their gender
On The Art Newspaper podcast this week, we explore the life and work of two women connected to Surrealism whose work had until recently been overlooked
Social Work: eight dissenting female artists feature in Frieze London’s new section
Work that challenged male-dominated art world of the 1980s and 1990s on show as UK marks centenary of women's suffrage
Sticking the knife into the patriarchy: Artemisia Gentileschi painting to be sold for the first time in Vienna
The female Italian Baroque artist's depiction of Lucretia is thought to have been in European collection since the 19th century
Women in the arts in Argentina condemn vote against the legalisation of abortion
Despite their disappointment, they remain optimistic
Facebook censors artist's work criticising male-dominated society because it features naked breasts
The social media giant also deleted her comments and friends
US Planned Parenthood campaign includes artists Shirin Neshat and Carrie Mae Weems
The Unstoppable initiative includes an online exhibition of works by ten female artists and writers
Newly discovered Michaelina Wautier painting added to first major show on Baroque’s forgotten female master
And experts are convinced that “many more works will pop up”
Frieze Artist Award winner Kapwani Kiwanga takes on colonialism
Imposing open-air work made of African farming fabric opens at New York fair this week
Object lessons: a psychedelic cabinet from Gaetano Pesce and more
Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions
London museum to replace 300-year-old collection of male portraits with women
Foundling Museum launches £20,000 crowdfunding campaign for show that marks centenary of women’s right to vote in the UK
Female artists really do earn less than men, survey finds
According to a new report, works by female artists are rated lower by wealthy men, contributing to a 50% pay gap at auction
Iran’s first museum for a female artist honours nonagenarian
"Life’s work" of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian goes on show in former palace in Tehran
Pioneering feminist art historian Linda Nochlin dies aged 86
Her essay, Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?, changed the course of art history
Katharina Grosse: What would our mothers say?
The German painter celebrates the work of other female artists in her first London institutional show