Kate Bryan is looking forward to a time when she doesn’t have to talk about the art world’s problem with women.

“I hope the whole story of women being overshadowed by men is out of date in my lifetime,” she tells Stylist. “You know, I’d love to talk to someone in 50 years’ time who says: ‘Oh, when you were young you used to champion women artists!’, as if it’s this really archaic thing. I can’t wait to look like a complete dinosaur.”

For now, though, Bryan is “prepared to be the one who keeps talking about this issue”. The art historian and curator is the force behind Not 30%, a “part exhibition and part protest” at London’s upcoming Other Art Fair, which will see work by 30 emerging female artists gathered in one place. The project’s name refers to the recent statistic that just 30% of solo shows at London’s major institutions are by female artists, as well as the fact that this is The Other Art Fair’s 30th edition.

“At best, women artists get 30% of the action,” Bryan says. “And that really is at best.” The same research that uncovered the 30% figure also found that more than three-quarters of London galleries represent more men than women, and just 5% represent an equal number of male and female artists. Against this dire backdrop, Bryan sees it as imperative that she keeps banging “the bloody drum” about gender parity in the art world.

“I think it’s so important to highlight that there really is a problem with women artists’ work not being seen,” she says. She cites another survey that showed that 63% of creative arts students in 2016 were female, a figure that doesn’t tally with the dearth of female representation in top galleries. “It’s like, where are these women artists? Why don’t we get to see them?”

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