Radical Women, Past and Present

For centuries, in order to be able to carve out a place for themselves in the art world, women had to submit to propriety, expectations and assumptions: some of them established their reputation in the still life genre, others produced watercolours or children’s portraits, and many had to work as models before they could become artists. Although there is no question of castigating women for their docility or limiting their agency, it is impossible to deny that the artifices they were forced t..