Women Can't Paint

In 2013 Georg Baselitz declared that ''women don''t paint very well''. Whilst shocking, his comments reveal what Helen Gørrill argues is prolific discrimination in the artworld. In a groundbreaking study of gender and value, Gørrill proves that there are few aesthetic differences in men and women''s painting, but that men''s art is valued at up to 80 per cent more than women''s. Indeed, the power ...