“Oh! Women simply don’t pass the test,” exclaimed the distinctly infuriating German painter Georg Baselitz back in 2013. He was mid-tirade against the upstart phenomenon of women daring to paint and, having claimed that art was anathema to women’s naturally “feminine“ spirit (painting demands a “brutality” that women apparently lack), he finished his diatribe with the verdict that their work doesn’t pass the “market test”. “The market doesn’t lie”, he repeated, in an opinion that is shockingly, or perhaps understandably, pro-capitalism for someone who grew up in East Germany.
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Doing it for themselves
“oh! women simply don’t pass the test,” exclaimed the distinctly infuriating german painter georg baselitz back in 2013. he was mid-tirade a...
Francesca Peacock
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