Magasinet Kunst‘s (DK) special edition on women artists
Published in May 2021, Magasinet Kunst. Concept and co-editor: Augusta Atla
In 2019 Augusta Atla came up with the idea of an issue of Magasinet Kunst (DK) devoted to women artists and gender issues. Augusta Atla was co-editor of this special women in the arts edition in 2021. The magazine was published in May 2021 and it included a critical essay on sexism in the Danish art scene by Augusta Atla.
“The primary ambition of AWARE is to rewrite the history of art on an equal footing. Placing women on the same level as their male counterparts and making their works known are long overdue,” Camille Morineau, founder of AWARE
“When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.”
Quote from Women & Power by Mary Beard, Professor of Classics, University of Cambridge, UK
“I call bullshit on the idea that it takes a while to see change. How much more time does it take? If a new generation of art historians and curators have to be re-sensitized to this then, my God, We have amnesia at this point. It really comes down to people putting their money where their mouths are.”
Michelle Millar Fisher, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US
“The explanation that women [are poorly represented because they] have often decided to leave the art world? I don’t believe that for a minute. I think there have been women working hard in the art world forever and if we haven’t seen them, then shame on us.”
Brooke Davis Anderson, Director, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Museum, US