Exploring the visible and the invisible

In the fight for the recognition of female artists, the promotion of gender equality is essential. For UNICEF, gender equality means that women, men, girls and boys must have the same rights, resources, opportunities and protections.

The facts

Finding works of art by female artists in museums is difficult. For example, of the 1,218 paintings exhibited in the Museo del Prado, only eight are by women.

Plan of action

There are many female artists in art history. We know this thanks to research carried out on the history of women.

What do you think?

How many female artists do you know of? And male? Why do you think people know of more male artists than female ones?