Male artists dominate galleries. Our research explored if it’s because ‘women don’t paint very well’ – or just discrimination
- Written by: Robert Hoffmann, Professor of Economics, RMIT University
One of these vases was painted by a woman; the other by a man. Can you guess which is which?B van der Ast/M van OosterwijckIn the art world, there is a gaping gender imbalance when it comes to male and female artists.
In the National Gallery of Australia, only 25% of the Australian art collection is work by women.
This is far better than the...
