#GAReads | Only 2% of global art auction spending is on work by women, study finds
Artist Yayoi Kusama. Photo credit: u dou [CC BY-ND 2.0], via Flickr.
“Only 2% of global art auction spending is on work by women, study finds”:
A new study has found that despite perceived signs of progress, the art world remains overwhelmingly male-dominated.
According to a report assembled by In Other Words & artnet News, the last 10 years has found a lack of growth for female representation in art with just 2% of global art auction spending on work by women. This figure is also unevenly distributed, with five artists making up 40.7% of this figure and Yayoi Kusama in particular accounting for 25% alone.