WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
‘A long overdue, revisionist history of art by the exceptional Katy Hessel... never boring or condescending, Hessel’s book is a revelation and an important first step towards restoring balance in the art world, where women have been overlooked, ignored, and trampled for too long.’ - REFINERY29
‘An extraordinary achievement that will have a disruptive cultural legacy and will help shape the landscape for years to come.’ - HARPER'S BAZAAR
‘Katy Hessel is a remarkable chronicler of the overlooked. I’m so excited that this book exists as an empowering, illuminated guide to the unforgettable visual of these great artists. Essential reading.’ - ELIZABETH DAY
‘It will change the history of art… thank God.’ - TRACEY EMIN
‘I didn’t know how hungry I was for this book until I read it cover to cover. I didn’t know how angry I was that this book didn’t exist until it did. It is an urgent, unstoppable, joyful, insightful, glorious, revisionist history of Art.’ - ES DEVLIN
How many female artists do you know? Who creates the history of art? Did women work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is Baroque? Open your sense of art history and open your eyes to many forms of art that are often overlooked or dismissed. From the coast of Cornwall to Manhattan, from Nigeria to Japan, this is the art history for our times - a history with women at its center, gathered for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists.
‘A vibrant, inspiring, three-dimensionally illustrated history of women’s artistic endeavor... Women in Art should be on the reading list of every A-level and university art history course and on the front table of every museum and gallery shop.’ - LAURA FREEMAN, THE TIMES
‘Passionate, exuberant, and witty... I wish I had this book as a teenager.’ - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2023
Pages: 576, Dimensions: 13x13cm
