Katy Hessel is an art historian and broadcaster. She is the author ofThe Story of Art Without Men
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The great women's art bulletin Femicide surge: the Cycladic figures found in the Aegean show a deep respect for the female body. How did Greece lose this?
Femicide surge: the Cycladic figures found in the Aegean show a deep respect for the female body. How did Greece lose this?
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The great women's art bulletin From Banksy’s green leaves to Miami’s pink islands, public art’s a party – and everyone’s invited!
From Banksy’s green leaves to Miami’s pink islands, public art’s a party – and everyone’s invited!
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The great women's art bulletin Why does Cleopatra always have to die nude? Male titillaters – and the artist who stood against them
From Medusa to Circe, novelists have scored hits with feminist reimaginings of Greek myths and historical figures. But Swiss-born painter Angelica Kauffman beat them to it – by 250 years
Why does Cleopatra always have to die nude? Male titillaters – and the artist who stood against them
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The great women's art bulletin Can a painting of childbirth be blasphemous and obscene? The police seemed to think so
Can a painting of childbirth be blasphemous and obscene? The police seemed to think so
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Museums Without Men: my project to end their shocking gender imbalance
Museums Without Men: my project to end their shocking gender imbalance
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The great women's art bulletin You can’t ban embroidery! Why Arts Council England’s crackdown is a stitch-up
Has anyone behind ACE’s warning about ‘political statements’ been to Unravel? As this tumultuous show about textile art proves, even a quilt can tell a story of outrage, exploitation and horror
You can’t ban embroidery! Why Arts Council England’s crackdown is a stitch-up
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The great women's art bulletin Move over Saint Patrick: why the world should be celebrating beer-brewing Brigid
She opposed forced marriage, assisted pregnant women, managed 15,000 sisters – and could turn muddy water into ale. This saint should be celebrated across the globe, not just in Ireland
Move over Saint Patrick: why the world should be celebrating beer-brewing Brigid
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The great women's art bulletin The monstrous old master: how Succession’s Rubens lays bare the Roy family’s brutality
The 17th-century painting The Tiger Hunt depicts a visceral battle for power that perfectly sets up the HBO series – and paintings on the walls in other TV shows hold hidden messages
The monstrous old master: how Succession’s Rubens lays bare the Roy family’s brutality
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The great women's art bulletin Ch-ch-ch-changes! The artists who prove it’s never too late to try something new
At the outset of 2024, take inspiration from the women who pioneered collage, invented a new language or returned to their greatest passion, all in later life
Ch-ch-ch-changes! The artists who prove it’s never too late to try something new
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2023 in Culture The best art and architecture of 2023
Our critics’ high points include a ceramic wedding cake you can climb inside to Alice Neel’s fearless portraits, plus a new children’s V&A and a school with lumpy yellow walls
The best art and architecture of 2023
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The great women's art bulletin ‘Beauty must suffer’: the artist lifting the barre on ballet
Karon Davis’s sculptures chart the emotional and physical effects of pushing one’s body beyond its limits – and asks what it takes to be Black in a white Eurocentric industry
‘Beauty must suffer’: the artist lifting the barre on ballet
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The great women's art bulletin Seems fishy: why can’t all galleries be more like the National Museum of Women in the Arts?
The Washington DC institution has just opened after a two-year renovation – and its collection means you’ll never look at an art museum in the same way again
Seems fishy: why can’t all galleries be more like the National Museum of Women in the Arts?
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The great women's art bulletin ‘What if women ruled the world?’ Judy Chicago’s latest show feels very timely
The great artist has brought together 500 years of artworks by women and placed them under flags questioning male dominance. Given the revelations of the Covid inquiry, they feel sadly urgent
‘What if women ruled the world?’ Judy Chicago’s latest show feels very timely
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The great women's art bulletin In this neverending news cycle of violence, art speaks to our shared humanity
From crushed fathers and their waiting children to haunting stacks of empty chairs, art can tell us about the true nature of suffering in ways that headlines never can
In this neverending news cycle of violence, art speaks to our shared humanity
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The great women's art bulletin Sarah Lucas’s joyful bodies express freedom – and are a riposte to Sunak’s binary Britain
The power of the British artist’s bronze, concrete and stuffed nylon bodies is to show our diverse society in all its liberating glory
Sarah Lucas’s joyful bodies express freedom – and are a riposte to Sunak’s binary Britain
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The great women's art bulletin Marina Abramović’s shocking Rhythm 0 performance shows why we still cannot trust people in power
In 1974, Marina Abramović dared an audience to use chains, lipstick and knives on her body – and their willingness to abuse her revealed frightening truths about misogyny
Marina Abramović’s shocking Rhythm 0 performance shows why we still cannot trust people in power
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The great women's art bulletin Is Theresa May cosplaying as Napoleon? What this portrait tells us about powerful women
Saied Dai’s painting captures the former PM’s sternness and stoicism, her failure and her femininity. But it also raises questions about how artists use male traits to depict female leaders
Is Theresa May cosplaying as Napoleon? What this portrait tells us about powerful women
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The great women's art bulletin ‘p*rnographic chic’: can Helmut Newton’s sexist nudes really be fixed by gender-switching?
Hani Hape has recreated the infamous photographer’s overtly sexual photographs of female nudes – using naked men instead. But the results, while fascinating, raise even more issues
‘p*rnographic chic’: can Helmut Newton’s sexist nudes really be fixed by gender-switching?
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The great women's art bulletin Great art surrounds Londoners – if they bother to notice it
From kaleidoscopic mosaics to modernist masterpieces, let’s open our eyes to the art hidden in plain sight
Great art surrounds Londoners – if they bother to notice it
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Invasion of the cool-girl ceiling-smashers: why I love the revamped National Portrait Gallery
From Tracey Emin to Jann ‘Sgt Pepper’ Haworth, this London landmark’s new additions are game-changers. The result is a thrilling, uplifting gallery that reflects a Britain I am proud to be part of
Invasion of the cool-girl ceiling-smashers: why I love the revamped National Portrait Gallery
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