The initiative, which claims to celebrate “contributions by women to art history across 400 years”, risks further consolidating the gender gap difference, or even worse, reducing women’s place in the Art History to a simple “contribution”.
Both classical and brutal at the same time, her painting has been compared to that of Rubens or Lucien Freud, but the English artist has created one of the most original œuvres on the contemporary scene.
Named in TIME magazine’s 2019 “100 Next” list as one of the most influential personalities on the planet, she has also joined the prestigious David Zwirner Gallery, who has joined forces with Victoria Miro to ensure that Crosby’s success isn’t derailed by market over-enthusiasm.