It is 30 years since the campaign group Guerrilla Girls launched amid a flurry of feminism, fur, direct action and razor sharp statistics on the gender inequalities in the art world. In London this year, I wonder whether there is…
Alan Titchmarsh became my nemesis almost 16 years ago. A few months after my mother and step-father moved into a new-build home, he left for the affections of the blonde euphonium player in his brass band (well this is the…
Gallery director, Liz Honey, has drawn together a diverse collection of artists for the latest exhibition at her gallery, Saffron, in the East Sussex town of Battle. The exhibition’s title, Here Come the Girls!, gives away the common link between…
The intensely physical draughtsmanship, erotic subject matter and tragically short life of Viennese artist Egon Schiele have combined to make him a perennial favourite of art students. Egon Schiele: The Radical Nude at the Courtauld Gallery in London casts an…
My heart gave a small leap for joy this morning when I heard the news that the artist Rose Wylie had won this year’s John Moores painting prize. Since it began in 1957, only three women have received the prestigious…
In the March issue of Her Edit, we looked at the political landscape internationally and the extent to which women have parity in the political process. Here, Linda Schinagl, aged 29, gives her personal perspective. She is a mother of…