In the Dutch art world, men earn about 50 percent more than women, according to a joint study by ABN Amro and interest group WOMEN Inc.
In the Dutch art world, men earn about 50 percent more than women, according to a joint study by ABN Amro and interest group WOMEN Inc.
“Although the majority of Dutch people know that male artists earn more than their female colleagues, this big difference comes as a surprise to many,” the researchers said.
According to the report, this gender inequality is also reflected in the fact that only 13 percent of the works of art in the eight largest museums in the Netherlands are by women artists. “Moreover, 70 percent of all exhibitions in the Netherlands do not contain a woman’s work,” according to ABN Amro and WOMEN Inc., an organization that works for the emancipation of women.
According to the organizations, “unconscious biases” cause people to rate art lower the moment they find out a woman made it. “The inequality in the art world is illustrative of the inequality that exists between women and men across society.”
