VERNISSE

Waterstones Book of the Year 2022

Automatic bestseller of the Sunday Times and New York Times

A necessary, revisionist guide to art history by the brilliant Katy Hessel. This book is a revelation and an important first step towards restoring balance in an art world where women have been overlooked.

An extraordinary achievement that will have a disruptive cultural legacy and will help define the landscape for the years to come.

Katy Hessel is an excellent chronicler of the overlooked. This book is an empowering and enlightened guide to the unique perspective of these great artists.

It changes art history with a necessary, irreversible, joyful, and astute revision of art history.

How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Have women created art before the 20th century? Does Baroque matter?

Challenge your perception of art history and open your eyes to many forms of art that are often ignored or dismissed.

This is the history of art for our times - one with women at the center, gathered for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists.

A witty, inspiring, and highly illustrated history of women's artistic achievements. "The Story of Art Without Men" should be on the reading list of every art history course and in every museum and gallery.