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Apparently, All of Our Ancestors Were Sex Maniacs
Recent prehistoric archaeological finds seem to point to a general consensus: that all of our ancestors, no matter what culture or country you hail from now, were sex crazed. Like nymphomaniac status. By our ancestors, I’m talking Homo sapiens during […]
The Woman Behind the Lines: British Visual Artist Shantell Martin
Shantell Martin, a 34 year old British visual artist, has made a living by “drawing on everything.” Her expressive, black and white line drawings have landed her a variety of prestigious gigs, included live performances at the Museum of […]
5 Works of Art From Around the Globe that You Won’t Believe Actually Sold
Yves Klein’s Anthropométries Yves Klein has been described as “radical”–to say the least–though a feminist’s nightmare may be a more accurate a term. In the 1960s, the artist used nude female models as “human brushes” to make marks on canvases. […]
Painting the Picture: Gender Inequality in the Global Art Market
The Paycheck Fairness Act of 2014 failed to pass in the United States this month for the fourth time since 2012. The act that was intended to “strengthen federal equal pay laws for women” lost by 12 votes. Yet, discrepancies […]
5 Present-Day, Multicultural Artists Everyone Should Know
(Featured image: How To Blow Up Two Heads At Once (2006) by Yinka Shonibare / Carl Guderian via Flickr) Let’s face it, it’s virtually impossible to keep track of all the big name, contemporary artists of our day–let alone popular […]
