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Art museum pledges to only buy pieces by female-identifying artists in new initiative

Published  November 25, 2019 11:20pm EST
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FOX 26 Houston

Baltimore Museum of Art to purchase work only by female artists in 2020

Baltimore's Museum of Art will only buy work by female artists next year as part of initiative to balance things out. Right now, only 4 percent of their collection is by female artists.

BALTIMORE, Maryland - The Baltimore Museum of Art announced the first exhibition of its year-long 2020 Vision initiative to celebrate female-identifying artists.

By Their Creative Force: American Women Modernists features nearly 20 works by artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Maria Martinez, and Georgia O’Keeffe to recognize the innovative contributions women artists have made to the development of American modernism. The exhibition is on view October 6, 2019–July 5, 2020.

“This exhibition presents a survey of women artists from a variety of geographic regions and socioeconomic backgrounds to tell a more inclusive story of American modernism,” said Christopher Bedford, BMA Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director. “It also demonstrates the BMA’s long history of acquiring works by women artists and our commitment to showcasing accomplished artists from this community, both efforts the museum is amplifying in 2020 and beyond.”

The exhibition is part of an initiative to boost artwork in the museum by female-identifying artists. As it currently stands, 96 percent of their collection is by male artists, a vast majority.