It’s Friday afternoon, so I will keep this short: In keeping with my longstanding interest in the Anonymous Was A Woman Foundation, which annually gives $25,000 grants to women artists “over 45 years of age and at a critical juncture in their lives or careers, to continue to grow and pursue their work,” I am listing the new awardees — announced today”
- Ann Agee
- Uta Barth (her photo, top right)
- Andrea Fraser
- Jane Hammond (her work, below right)
- Mary Kelly
- Jae Ko
- Judy Pfaff
- Betye Saar
- Lorna Simpson
- Jessica Stockholder
As you may not remember from last year, in 1997, when these awards were founded, I wrote a Page One story for the New York Times about them. The hope was that they would at some point no longer be needed to counter the bias toward male artists. But that still exists, so…
171 women have now received money from this foundation. Â
On a related note, today the Dallas Museum of Art opened Difference? — an exhibition of works by female artists in its collection:
The exhibition draws attention to the fact that there is only one thing these artists have in common. In doing so, we pose the question, “What’s the difference, and does it matter?â€
Probably not. I’m kind of against single-sex exhibitions, but I suppose they serve a purpose.
Photo Credits: Courtesy of the Artists