On the one hand, women have always been a part of the art world—adorning ancient vases or smiling serenely from Renaissance paintings. However, this does not reflect the current actual ...

Despite this, the art world still has an undisputable gender pay gap problem. Work by female artists continues to sell for a fraction of the price received for comparable works by male artists.

Titled the "UK Visual Artists' Earnings and Contracts Report 2024," it shows that the average income for artists in the UK is ...

For every £1 fetched by a male artist's work, one by a woman gets just 10p - and even worse - the value of a painting increases when a man signs it and decreases when it's woman's name on the canvas.

This gap translates to a loss of approximately $1,400 per month, or $17,000 annually for mothers. Over a 30-year career, this could amount to as much as $510,000 in lost wages.