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Shelley’s Art Musings – International Women’s Day – Celebrating Female Artists
There are still huge worlds apart for many women across the globe in areas of work and pay, acknowledgements and accolades. Female artists are still outweighed by male artists in most contemporary galleries. We are very used to seeing the female form as the centrepiece but usually painted from the male perspective.
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Create your own sunshine!
International Women's Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women. It is also a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence against women. Let's find a book to bring a smile for your women!
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Shelley’s Art Scandal – Women and the art world – why are there so few?
Hopefully, it didn’t escape anyone’s attention that it was International Women’s Day on the 8th March. This day has been created to try and help eliminate discrimination against women across the world. It is really hard to think that in this day and age that this still exists, but horrendous acts still happen towards women all over the world, but discrimination doesn’t have to be large awful acts. I recently read a book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie called “We should all be feminists”, where she describes a situation where she tips a guy is Lagos who parks their car. When returning to the car, Adichie hands the money to the…
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Happy Women’s day – The day is just for you
This is an interactive art blog in multi languages, you will find new articles on artists, art history, exhibitions, etc. Contributions welcome.
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