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Exhibitions

The quiet genius of Gwen John

20 May 2023

9:00 AM

20 May 2023

9:00 AM

Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris

Pallant House Gallery, until 8 October

Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism

Dulwich Picture Gallery, until 10 September

In the rush to right the historical gender balance, galleries have been corralling neglected women artists into group exhibitions: the Whitechapel Gallery rounded up 80 women abstract expressionists for its recent Action, Gesture, Paint show. But imbalances can’t be corrected retrospectively. Rather than elevating women artists who didn’t make it in a male-dominated world – not all of whose work, if we’re honest, helps the female cause – we should be celebrating the grit and talent of the few who did.

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