A never-ending story: The gendered art museum revisited
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A never-ending story : The gendered art museum revisited. / Christensen, Hans Dam.
In: Museum Management and Curatorship, Vol. 31, No. 4, 01.08.2016, p. 349-368.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A never-ending story
T2 - The gendered art museum revisited
AU - Christensen, Hans Dam
N1 - This article is a substantial revised and expanded version of my article, "Med kønnet på museum. Skævhed i museernes indkønspolitik", in: 100 års øjeblikke. Kvindelige kunstneres samfund, ed. by Glahn and Poulsen, Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund and Forlaget Saxo, 2014
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - For years the unequal acquisition of artworks by female artists compared to male artists has been debated within the art museum world. This article argues that the quest for parity might overshadow theoretical implications. Firstly, the handful of museums which were investigated in a Danish report from 2005 is revisited; this report documented that 80 % of the artworks acquired in the period 1983-2003 were produced by male artists. The revisit shows that the plain conclusions haven't changed considerably. Next, the article examines the question of staff at Danish art museums. This indicates a majority of female agents. Last, the article argues that a declared parity in acquisition policy simplifies questions on gender and diversity. Instead, lack of parity should be considered a point of attention, which might have reasonable explanations, but, nevertheless, can be addressed by both a critique of ”art value” and a focus on gender mainstreaming
AB - For years the unequal acquisition of artworks by female artists compared to male artists has been debated within the art museum world. This article argues that the quest for parity might overshadow theoretical implications. Firstly, the handful of museums which were investigated in a Danish report from 2005 is revisited; this report documented that 80 % of the artworks acquired in the period 1983-2003 were produced by male artists. The revisit shows that the plain conclusions haven't changed considerably. Next, the article examines the question of staff at Danish art museums. This indicates a majority of female agents. Last, the article argues that a declared parity in acquisition policy simplifies questions on gender and diversity. Instead, lack of parity should be considered a point of attention, which might have reasonable explanations, but, nevertheless, can be addressed by both a critique of ”art value” and a focus on gender mainstreaming
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - gender
KW - art museum
KW - artists
KW - staff
KW - queer
U2 - 10.1080/09647775.2015.1120682
DO - 10.1080/09647775.2015.1120682
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 349
EP - 368
JO - Museum Management and Curatorship
JF - Museum Management and Curatorship
SN - 0964-7775
IS - 4
ER -
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